Engineering
Clean Car Diaries: The President's New Clean Car Initiative
President Obama announces a multi-billion dollar clean car initiative at a time of slumping EV sales.
Post on Mar 08, 2012 by Andrea Kissack from QUEST Northern California
New, Cleaner Volts and Priuses Arrive
More clean car customers will soon be driving solo in the carpool lane.
Post on Feb 28, 2012 by Andrea Kissack from QUEST Northern California
Clean Car Diaries: Could Tesla's 'Brick Problem' Happen To Other EVS?
Some Tesla owners have found that leaving an electric car parked for too long could become a serious problem.
Post on Feb 24, 2012 by Andrea Kissack from QUEST Northern California
Plant Proteins Power Solar Panel
Simplifying the production of bio-solar cells using many different plants could bring power to the developing world. It could be a whole new way to DIY solar.
Post on Feb 22, 2012 by Melissae Fellet from QUEST Northern California
Up All Night on NASA's Flying Telescope
The Obama Administration’s new budget for NASA was released last week, and calls for cuts to many space programs. But one California-based project is likely to get more money. The SOFIA flying observatory, a telescope mounted on an airplane, is considered more nimble and cost-effective than other projects. Reporter Lauren Sommer recently caught a ride as it flew over the Pacific Ocean.
Audio Report on Feb 17, 2012 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
Building Better Roads with Next Generation Pavement
A third of Bay Area roads are in poor condition and funding is dwindling on the state and federal level. That’s something Congress is discussing in Washington this week. Meanwhile, researchers at two University of California campuses are trying to find ways to stretch those sparse dollars, by making pavement quieter, greener and more durable.
Audio Report on Feb 10, 2012 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
Smitten Ice Cream: Old Fashioned Ice Cream in Sixty Seconds
When I have guests visiting, I make sure that one of the local stops is Smitten. The ice cream is made to order only using the freshest local ingredients and it is frozen within 60 seconds using liquid nitrogen.
Post on Feb 01, 2012 by Cat from QUEST Northern California
Surgeons Seek Kid-Sized Tools for the Operating Room
If you’ve ever spent time in Silicon Valley or among hi-tech entrepreneurs, you may have heard the term “Valley of Death.” It’s used to describe the huge gulf that can exist between coming up with a new idea, and getting a product to market. Well, this is a real problem in hospitals, too. Especially when it comes to kids.
Audio Report on Jan 27, 2012 by Amy Standen from QUEST Northern California
Methane Moves From Landfill to Fuel Tank
Trash that ends up at a landfill is the ugly stepsister of hipper, cooler compostable kitchen scraps and recyclable bottles and cans. But landfill trash has more of a future than you might think.
Post on Jan 23, 2012 by Jennifer Skene from QUEST Northern California
California Pushes to Get Clean Cars on the Road
California officials are considering the toughest regulations in the country to promote sales of cars powered by batteries, hydrogen fuel cells or other technology that produces little or no air pollution. These kind of tough mandates have been tried before but they failed. So is this finally the right time for the clean car?
Audio Report on Jan 19, 2012 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
Got Science on the Brain? Come Blog with QUEST
Got science on the brain? Come blog with us. KQED’s QUEST is looking to add new voices to our blog, which already offers commentary from our producers, reporters, and several writers from science organizations in our region. pply by February 1st.
Post on Jan 02, 2012 by Craig Rosa from QUEST Northern California
Top KQED QUEST Stories of 2011
From hackerspaces to banana slugs, flying telescopes to cheese – it's been a quite a diverse year of storytelling here at QUEST. Here's a round-up of the top 10 video and audio stories and blog posts that you've enjoyed from the past year.
Post on Dec 21, 2011 by Jenny Oh from QUEST Northern California
Yorba Brings Free Software to the Multimedia World
A San Francisco startup is on a mission to build multimedia software for the free desktop.
Post on Dec 13, 2011 by Laura Khalil from QUEST Northern California
Building a Better Hose
Depending on the atoms used and their arrangement, engineers and chemists use polymers to create almost anything from a soft toothbrush bristle to a tough bullet-proof vest.
Post on Dec 07, 2011 by Toivo Motter from QUEST Ohio
Iron Mining Controversy in Northern Wisconsin
A pristine area in Northern Wisconsin next to Lake Superior, much prized for its clean water and wilderness, is also home to 25 percent of the country’s iron ore reserves, a commercial value of $200 billion.
Post on Dec 02, 2011 by Adam Schrager from QUEST Wisconsin
What’s So “Smart” About a Smart Home?
SmartHome Cleveland was designed to create a vision for sustainable technologies and practices that are available right now to people who are thinking about building or renovating their homes.
Post on Nov 28, 2011 by George Viebranz from QUEST Ohio
IBM's Watson Computer and the Future of Artificial Intelligence
Go behind the scenes of IBM's Watson and learn just how it beat the pros on Jeopardy.
Post on Nov 23, 2011 by Laura Khalil from QUEST Northern California
Is High-Speed Rail Grinding to a Halt?
In 2008, high speed rail seemed like a game changer, the kind of "Big Idea" that California is famous for. But three years later, the plan is in serious trouble.
Audio Report on Nov 18, 2011 by Amy Standen from QUEST Northern California
Exoskeletons Walk Forward
An exoskeleton suit may seem like science fiction, turning ordinary humans into super heroes, but wearable robots are moving forward into reality.
Video on Nov 15, 2011 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
Energy-Saving Windows Get Smarter
Buildings are responsible for 40% of the country’s energy use. So, researchers are trying improve our energy efficiency by making windows dynamic and intelligent.
Audio Report on Nov 11, 2011 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
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