Tag: Electricity
Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen’s carbon footprint
Kenneth McLeod, Binghamton University, State University of New York
To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to...
Why do different countries have different electric outlet plugs?
Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
Biden’s ambitious energy plan faces headwinds, but can move the US...
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
President-elect Joe Biden calls climate change an existential threat to America’s environment, health, national security and economy, and has...
Delinquent electric bills from the pandemic are coming due – who...
Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
The shutdowns and restrictions that governments have imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19 have made it hard for...
Clever chemistry turns ordinary bricks into electricity storage devices
Julio M. D'Arcy, Washington University in St Louis
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
In my synthetic chemistry lab,...
Vibrators had a long history as medical quackery before feminists rebranded...
Kim Adams, New York University
In the contemporary moment of sex-positive feminism, praises for the orgasmic capacity of the vibrator abound. “They’re all-encompassing, a blanket...
What the battle over control of PG&E means for US utility...
Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
There’s a battle raging over the ownership of PG&E Corp., one of the nation’s largest utilities, with cities, hedge...
The public health benefits of adding offshore wind to the grid
Jonathan Buonocore, Harvard University
New plans to build two commercial offshore wind farms near the Massachusetts and Rhode Island coasts have sparked a lot of...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
