Obama putting $3.4B toward 'smart' power grid

Virginia Tech engineers Thorp and Phadke lead...
(Virginia Tech) Arun Phadke and James Thorp, recipients of the 2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering and members of the National Academy of Engineering, have developed a...

PNNL receives $5.73 million for integrated climate...
(DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has received more than $5 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment...

Cosmic Log: How smart can a grid get?
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Billions of dollars are being put up to build a smarter electric grid — but just how smart can (or should) a grid get?

Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil...
Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life-not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other...

Biomaterials Science, Second Edition: An Introduction...
The second edition of this bestselling title provides the most up-to-date comprehensive review of all aspects of biomaterials science by providing a balanced, insightful approach to learning...