Earth and Energy

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cold fusion is science fiction, but a new breakthrough could edge it from being theoretical…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to simulate immensely powerful and energetic explosions, from nuclear explosions to exploding stars,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is energy hungry, and the lithium-Ion battery, even though it’s more popular than…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The cost of generating electricity from renewable energy sources is approaching zero, and fossil fuels…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Real diamonds leave open scars in the Earth and workers suffer to extract them, but…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The technology we’re developing as a society is increasingly making sci-fi look tame, and we…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We have an abundance of energy, and now we have the tech to tap into…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We use superconductors in everything from MRI and NMR machines to sci-fi quantum computers, and…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Despite energy seeming scare our planet is swamped with it – but until recently getting…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today’s combustion engine rockets are cheap-ish but not that efficient so the race is on…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When the battery in your implanted medical devices runs out you run to the hospital…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you wanted proof that technology always gets smaller then here it is, and in…