Jun 16 Your next happy hour buzz, brought to you by bees By Nsikan Akpan, Matt Ehrichs Only two species of yeast --- ale yeast and lager yeast -- have been used for traditional beer brewing over the last 600 years. A lab in North Carolina may have found a third in the strangest place: On bees… Continue reading
Jun 15 Want to charge your phone while moving around? This Stanford lab can help By Andrew Wagner Stanford engineers develop a way to wirelessly transmit energy to a device while it's on the move. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 11:35 Could carbon capturing make ‘clean coal’ a reality? By Miles O'Brien Coal is still very much at the center of the debate on the future of energy. For some, the holy grail is a new type of technology that captures some coal carbon emissions. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Jun 02 The lionfish zapper hits the open seas By Nsikan Akpan Last year, we broke the story of a robot being being developed to fight invasive lionfish. This spring, the prototype landed in the open ocean for the first time. Here’s how they took the idea from paper to practice. Continue reading
Jun 02 As musicians rediscover synthesizers, this 16-year-old makes her own By Andrew Bossone Mack Bartsch owns five synthesizers, two of which she built herself. Her first album of electronic dance music comes out this June. Continue reading
May 29 Watch 9:17 How Norway’s government made electric cars irresistible By PBS News Hour Norway's vast wealth comes from decades of gas and oil production, yet its citizens are turning their backs on fossil fuels and embracing electric cars like nowhere else. In fact, the Norwegian government is planning to end sales of gasoline… Continue watching
May 24 The Supreme Court ruling on patents could help curb ‘patent trolls.’ Here’s how. By Sam Lane The Supreme Court ruling could deal a major blow to "patent trolls" and, in turn, help small businesses. Continue reading
May 24 Watch 6:40 At Moogfest, the music revolution will be synthesized By PBS News Hour Moogfest, named after inventor Robert Moog, is a celebration of the art, engineering and technology of synthesizers, machines that create sounds electronically. Jeffrey Brown takes us to the gathering for a look at how experiments in technology and music can… Continue watching
May 24 Brace yourself: This prosthetic engineer is giving animals a leg up By Julia Griffin Derrick Campana made the jump to animal prosthetics and orthotics 12 years ago -- when few, if anyone, created artificial limbs for dogs and other pets. Continue reading
May 17 What this apple-picking robot means for the future of farm workers By Andrew Wagner Abundant Robotics has built an automated apple picker, which could make agricultural labor shortages a thing of the past. Continue reading