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Jorge Salazar
Squeezing more oil out of existing reserves
Shell scientist Willem Schulte says advanced oil recovery technology could help us access vast amounts of oil that remain trapped underground. Read about squeezing more oil out of reserves.
November 4, 2008
Cars of the future with Mitchell Joachim
Cars of the future: It one runs over a pothole, it can tell nearby vehicles to avoid it. Or it can send a message to a municipal grid to come and repair the pothole.
October 31, 2008
New Milky Way arm gives symmetry
Thomas Dame said that new Milky Way arm recently discovered gives our galaxy "a beautiful bi-symmetric symmetry, like a seesaw, like a butterfly's wings."
October 30, 2008
Engineers turn to nature for grand challenges
Calestous Juma of Harvard University reports that some of the best engineers in the world are coming together to tackle environmental problems in order to increase food and water supplies in the developing world.
October 27, 2008
Michael Ramsey watches volcanoes from space
Volcanologist Michael Ramsey studies volcanoes both up close and with images from NASA's Terra satellite. Listen to him discuss the search for signs of volcanic eruptions in this 8-minute podcast.
October 27, 2008
Ivory sales banned on website eBay
They tracked over 7,000 ivory sales online over from May to June 2008 and found 83 percent were done through eBay. Read more about the banning.
October 22, 2008
Can nanotech help meet the energy challenge?
Nanotech has the potential to help us produce more energy, says Shell scientist Sergio Kapusta. Hear Kapusta talk about the applications of nanotechnology to renewable energy.
October 19, 2008
Biofuels challenging, but necessary next step
Biofuels could be a significant contributor to reducing future carbon dioxide emissions, says biochemist Mike Goosey of Shell's Thornton Research and Technology Center in the UK.
October 15, 2008
Next gen of biofuels with Mike Goosey
Biochemist Mike Goosey of Shell describes the search for non-food sources for the 'next generation' of biofuels and the development of processes to convert them to fuel.
October 10, 2008
Global warming may change ocean biology
Global warming could push ocean life in new directions, warns Jorge Sarmiento of Princeton University. Hear about Sarmiento's research on how small temperature changes could have a big impact on ocean biology.
October 4, 2008
