Drawing on the inspiration of the Bedouin tent of the Arabian Peninsula, architectural firm Predock Frane has designed Solaris, a solar canopy that drapes a massive area and acts both as a landscape and structure.The structure is entered via a tunnel passage. To make energy generation possible, intelligent solar "balloons" [...]

The Radioactive Orchestra is an online tool that lets you convert decaying radioactive isotopes into musical notes. Watch DJ Axel Boman, helped by Swedish physicists, translate gamma cascades into music in the right-hand window, and then try it yourself at their website.

With so many events happening in chemical engineering, biological engineering, energy, and sustainability, we decided to put together a quick guide to events from now through the end of 2011. Get your online calendars ready to record the early-bird deadlines and calls for papers.

Five months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, work to clean up the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant is still ongoing, with reports of safety issues and disorganized efforts.

It's an age-old question: should you take a job and gain industry experience, or should you continue school to earn a master's degree or PhD? There's no one answer, because many factors are involved, such as how much you liked school, what level of salary you'll be satisfied with, and more.

Fukushima Update: We'll be running a short series with a follow-up on Fukushima. Today's focus: U.S. chemists in San Diego recently released figures radiation measured in California following the Fukushima disaster, with insights on how much radiation leaked at the Fukushima site.