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Posts by
Jorge Salazar
Evolutionary mobile robots
The image on this post isn't from Dr. Fernandez' lab. It's from Wikimedia Commons ... heralding new evolutionary mobile robots to come?
August 9, 2009
Make a disco ball on the moon from lunar dust
The moon's lunar dust might contain mirror-building material and could be used to coat craters with mirrors making a disco ball.
July 23, 2009
Willem Schulte says we have enough oil, for now
Willem Schulte discusses the energy demand by people around the world is growing as the global population increases.
July 22, 2009
Jan van der Eijk on technology, CO2, and changing climate
Jan van der Eijk said, "The Earth is warming up. Scientists tell us that it is very likely related to the increase in CO2 levels from fossil fuels."
June 27, 2009
Jeanne Becker: ‘Experiments may lead to vaccine’
Jeanne Becker said experiments aboard the International Space Station could lead to vaccines to prevent deadly bacterial infections here on Earth.
June 23, 2009
Jose Bravo predicts lighter cars, diverse fuels
Jose Bravo speaks of trends in fuels and mobility. He envisions significant changes in engine efficiency and the amount of fuels that cars will require.
June 22, 2009
Lisa Epifani on trade-off between energy and water
"Some of our choices to move away from foreign oil mean using more domestic water," says the DOE's Lisa Epifani. Water is very complicated.
June 16, 2009
Susan Goldin-Meadow thinks gestures help children learn
Susan Goldin-Meadow research shows that children have bigger vocabularies when they're raised by parents who actively gesture.
May 24, 2009
Carl Imhoff on how electric grids can get smart
Carl Imhoff on research paid for with both public and private money. The goal is to modernize the electric grid in the U.S. into what's called a 'smart grid.'
May 18, 2009
George Whitesides describes a cheap AIDS test
George Whitesides talks about a new, more affordable diagnostic test - useful to detect diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria - which kill millions each year in the developing world.
May 7, 2009
