Nick Melosh discusses an innovative approach under development in his laboratory to implement combined cycle solar electricity generation using photon enhanced thermionic emission. (November 17, 2010)

Meg Caldwell and Larry Crowder discuss the implications of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from both a regulatory and an ecological standpoint and what this might mean for the future of oil exploration in the United States. (November 10, 2010)

Debra Lew discusses how the electricity distribution infrastructure of the western United States can adapt to major shifts in energy generation toward wind and solar sources. (November 3, 2010)