innovation

Do not crucify us on a barrel of oil. This is the political issue of our time. This is the...

There are few guarantees with cutting-edge university research, especially in materials science. You can't say Lockheed is "stealing" the commercial...

Organic communities like these grow organically. You water it, you fertilize it, and you will accept "no" as an answer...

People evolve faster than institutions. Democracy works because it delivers change from the bottom up. And if you want to...

Imagine a fleet of black, black Buckyballoons, flying across from Hawaii to the mainland, powered by small fuel cells, filled...

There are a lot of energy saving, and energy producing ideas, which make no sense at $30/barrel but which make...

This is the real revolution of the 21st century, the truly unstoppable force. Governments cannot agree on what may be...

Al Gore has learned how to spin the straw of fame into the gold of influence, and from that to...

Measuring molecules is difficult, because they're small. Problem solved, by the Natelson Group in Rice's old Space Science building.

Whether it's turning glycerin into ethanol, using biological processes to grow drugs, creating new kinds of chips, or just curing...