One of the hottest debates raging in today’s world concerns the issue of environmental sustainability. With rising oil prices and global warming causing distress in both the economic and environmental circles, creating developments that minimize their energy usage and carbon footprint is essential. 
A new initiative addressing these issues has been set in motion on the [...]

Power is blowing in the wind

Associate Professor Giri Venkataramanan (center) and a team of workers built a wind turbine in the Scottish Highlands. The community there is not connected to the electrical grid. (Large image)

The rolling hills of the Scottish highlands are dotted with small stone houses. Their residents, mostly farmers and craftsmen, enjoy a [...]

When Stanford students come back to school this month after a hot summer, they’ll be in the ideal frame of mind to consider a new engineering degree that is rare, if not unique, in the United States: the atmosphere and energy major.
The interdisciplinary undergraduate program is being launched as governments and businesses around the world [...]