November 2006 News Analysis

U.S. Climate Technology Plan

White House task force gets credit for talking a good game

Serpent Mother

The Big Picture

Air Power

Wireless data connections are common—now scientists are working on wireless power

Electric Cars For Enlightened Stars

Actors like George Clooney have made high-performance, zero-carbon vehicles a new fashion accessory

Breathing Easy in Space Is Never Easy

Problems with oxygen generators aboard the space station could have big implications

Q&A: Paul G. Richards, Nuclear Arms Seismologist

When North Korea detonated a nuclear device, he helped to measure it

Q&A: Richard L. Garwin, Expert on Nuclear Weapons

Is North Korea getting ready to stage a second test?

Blood Test

Vascular patterns provide new means of identification and authentication

Laser on Silicon

A new glass glue opens the path to optical computing

Spin Doctoring

Atomic waves could communicate among processors

Swiss Invent a Muscular Display

Artificial muscles that manipulate diffraction gratings may bring truer color and a sharper image

The Case of Earth's Incredible Shrinking Field

Naval logs reveal a weird history

News Briefs

Crowning the Clean Tech Stars

Can a prize-granting contest spur the development of technology that helps the environment? The winners of this year's California Clean Tech Open sure hope so

Flat Panels on Display

This year's FPD expo, in Yokohama, Japan, boasted triple-view screens, triple-duty pixels, and a squished-down version of the old TV picture tube

German Maglev Tragedy