How the U.S. Is Planning to Boost Floating Wind Power
CLIMATEWIRE | The Biden administration announced initiatives yesterday to prepare states for floating offshore wind — a young but fast-emerging type of power that some say could revolutionize renewables on the West Coast. The plans from the White House, Department of Energy and other federal agencies include a 20-month study on how to build out transmission
Building Resilience in the Face of Climate Change [Sponsored]
This podcast was produced for Battelle by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. This interview with Justin Sanchez, a technical fellow at Battelle, will discuss how society can build resilience in response to the immediate threat of climate change. At its second annual Innovations In Climate Resilience conference
Another Patient Is Free of HIV after Receiving Virus-Resistant Cells
The risks associated with a bone marrow transplant used to treat HIV mean the procedure is unlikely to be widely used in its current formA patient with HIV has been effectively cured after receiving a bone marrow transplant of cells resistant to the virus (shown here budding from an infected T-lymphocyte cell). Credit: Phanie/Alamy Stock
AI Outraces Human Champs at the Video Game Gran Turismo
Editor’s Note (2/22/23): This piece was first published on February 11, 2022. We are republishing it because Gran Turismo players can now race against the AI Gran Turismo Sophy in the latest version of the game. To hurtle around a corner along the fastest “racing line” without losing control, race car drivers must brake, steer
Soft Robots Take Steps toward Independence
Credit: Thomas FuchsConstructed from delicate, flexible and lifelike materials, soft robots have the potential to improve on their clunky, metal-bodied predecessors. Such machines could more nimbly explore other planets, gently collect organisms from the ocean depths and even lend surgeons a hand. But stubborn design challenges have long held them back from making it out
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