/oss/taxonomy/term/2524/all en /oss/article/student-contributors-technology-history/can-problems-future-be-solved-technology-past <p>Electric cars are often portrayed as an invention created to solve the issue of pollution generated from the exhaust emission of gasoline cars, but the electric car has been around the block before! The first electric vehicle (EV) was developed by Robert Anderson – a Scottish inventor – in 1847. And while the world has drastically changed in the past 176 years, both the benefits and problems of EV’s remain much the same.</p> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Daniela Padres 9679 at /oss /oss/article/environment-health-news/high-stakes-challenge-capturing-carbon-dioxide <p>It is clear that no longer can we continue to spew carbon dioxide recklessly into the atmosphere; and it is also clear that eventually we will run out of fossil fuels. So, how about killing two birds with one stone? (Only figuratively, of course.) The challenge consists of capturing the carbon dioxide formed in combustion processes before it is released into the atmosphere — and then finding a way to convert it into useful compounds.</p> Thu, 01 May 2014 00:38:05 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2139 at /oss