Sci/Tech

This week's five stories look at:

• New 3D Display Represents Advance in Augmented Reality;
• More Evidence that Fracking Causes Earthquakes;
• Seeding the Ocean to Sequester Carbon a Non-Starter;
• New Microscale Actuator Provides Engine for Micro Robots;

Today's EVs require the purchaser to find places to recharge their vehicles. The problem -- there is little in the way of infrastructure out there, at least nothing even close to what is available for diesel or gasoline-fueled vehicles. That means EV purchasers must install special recharging stations in their home garages.

This week's five stories look at:

• Tripling the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells;
• New Technology to Fight Coastal Flooding Using Irregular Concrete Blocks;
• Long Duration Human Space Flight Being Tested on the ISS;
• Pacific Island Entrepreneurs Receive Award for Green Initiatives;
• Delivering Wind and Solar Power Over Long Distances Possible with New HVDC Circuit Breaker.

This week's five stories look at:
1.Shocking Alzheimer's Brains Helps Patients in Clinical Trial;
2. New Breast Cancer Screening Technology Wins Sanofi-Pasteur Prize;
3. Transformers - They're Real and They're Tiny;
4. Taikonauts Plan to Grow Vegetables on the Moon in Closed Ecosystems;
5. Electrochromic Windows Coming to Homes and Buildings in the Near Future.