Science & Technology – Week of 03.10.2013

Vanadium Redox Gaining Ground in Energy Storage
Ieee Spectrum | 10 March 2013
The vanadium redox flow battery is not a phrase that comes tripping off the tongue…

Bumblebees Sense Electric Fields in Flowers
Nature | 21 February 2013
As they zero in on their sugary reward, foraging bumblebees follow an invisible clue: electric fields…

German Student Creates Electromagnetic Harvester That Gathers Free Electricity From Thin Air
Hang The Bankers | 15 February 2013
A German student has built an electromagnetic harvester that recharges an AA battery by…

Mikko Hypponen: Fighting Viruses, Defending the Net
TED | July 2011
It’s been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance…