November 12, 2007As with green-tech movement, the eco-spin on chemical science isn't just for tree huggers. Businesses, too, are betting on better materials.TAGS:chemical, chemistry, material, innovation, field, speakers
August 8, 2007These fully sustainable, off-the-grid dwellings can maintain a comfortable interior temperature regardless of the heat or cold outside.Photos: Home sweet earthshipTAGS:hill, house, temperature, material
Reviewed on June 14, 2005This 50-inch plasma offers classy styling and an impressive feature set, although its picture falls a bit short of reference quality.TAGS:Pioneer Electronics, scene, material, picture, DVD
Reviewed on June 6, 2007Enano overshot the small-size target with its ex7400u desktop. It's faster and more capable than the more budget-friendly competition, but similarly priced laptops outshine it by far. If you're intent on a small desktop, this isn't a bad PC, but we're not as impressed as we'd like to be.TAGS:PMA, Apple Intel Mac Mini, laptop computer, chipset, graphics chip, material, Apple Macintosh, HP, Intel, Wi-Fi, PC, Apple Computer
Reviewed on March 7, 2006Although slickly styled and competitively priced, the Samsung HP-R4252 plasma falls well short of its competitors' picture quality.TAGS:Samsung Electronics, scene, HDMI, material
Reviewed on February 15, 2006The 55-inch Hitachi 55HDT52 plasma looks beautiful on the outside, but its image quality isn't up to the same standards as its styling.TAGS:Hitachi Ltd., artifact, scene, 1080i, HDMI, material, resolution, DVD, video
Reviewed on November 8, 2004An awesome design and a full-fledged feature package make this higher-resolution plasma almost worth its high price.TAGS:Hitachi Ltd., HDNet, material, scene
February 1, 2005Japanese giant will fully convert to using carrier tape made from plant-based materials to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.TAGS:Fujitsu, carbon, material
October 23, 2007For the third year in a row, no team rises to the challenge of building a robotic climber and a vertical tether that could one day comprise a workable space elevator.TAGS:tether, elevator, tycoon, material, laser, challenge, battery
August 2, 2007Space agency says it's making great progress on the successor to the space shuttle, which could ultimately take astronauts back to the moon.
Images: Orion prepares for moon landingTAGS:spacecraft, moon, shuttle, craft, crew, material, progress, vehicle