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Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Okay, so you’re out in the clear waters of Hawaii and notice that algae are smothering the beautiful coral reefs just below the surface. What’s goi...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
If your friends call you an “early adopter," you’ll want to take note of MIT student Ben Gulak’s way-cool emission-free vehicle. It looks like a cr...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Up in the air -- it’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a -- flying windmill? That’s right, a flying windmill.
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
“Thermal depolymerization.” No, it’s not a code word for ‘global warming.’ But it IS a big buzz in alternative energy circles.
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Here’s a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation and scientists are hoping to capitalize on the beetle’s adaptation...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Okay -- so it sounds pretty disgusting when you first hear about it. But, well, here it goes. We may be able to get drinking water from treated sew...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Most of us have heard that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to global warming. But is there a way to capture the carbon ...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Over the years, treasure maps have been of such interest that the Library of Congress devoted a volume to them! Now, a new kind of map is proving t...
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
There’s a bounty on carbon dioxide molecules these days. And for good reason.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Even if you don’t want to talk about the proverbial “elephant in the room,” you could at least count the number roaming around wild. Or so you’d t...
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
The biggest power plant on earth is high in the sky -- it’s the sun. But, we only get one percent of our energy from it because it typically costs...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
When it comes to discovering sources of renewable energy, Penn State engineering professor Bruce Logan is outstanding in his field. A corn field, ...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Here’s something that probably won’t be in the Guinness Book of World Records. But maybe it should be since it could impact more people than anyth...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Crime Scene Investigation in the world of fine art.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Remix Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 16, 2008
- Length: 04:21
- Purchases: 3
We burn a lot of fossil fuels, and many of us would like to curb our dependence on foreign oil. Ocean tides and crashing waves could be at least a ...
Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
It's like a breath of fresh...carbon dioxide? Okay, so that's what you'd be breathing...if you were a plant.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Ever wonder what jet fuel is made of? So do scientists from four universities working on a $7.5 million project funded by the Air Force and an airc...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Ever think to yourself, "California and Iceland sure have a lot in common"? Probably not. But if you dig beneath the surface, they both harbor lots...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
You think gas is expensive? What about the price of platinum? Believe it or not, that's one of the things the automotive industry is looking at be...
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- Added: Jul 25, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Face it. We're energy junkies -- and our fix is getting more expensive.
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
While hydrogen is being touted as the environmentally friendly fuel of the future, a pair of Penn State engineers believe the future may be closer ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Can we really harness ocean waves to make electricity? We might actually do more.
- Added: May 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
