Prachi Patel

Prachi Patel is a Pittsburgh-based freelance journalist who writes about energy, materials science, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and computing. Writes for Scientific American, IEEE Spectrum, Chemical & Engineering News, and MRS Bulletin. Find her at www.lekh.org.

Posts:

• Climate-friendly cooling with a twist
• Electric vehicles could benefit health more than climate
• Researchers have made a rechargeable carbon dioxide-consuming battery
• A Plastic Alternative Made of Wood and Spider Silk
• What if we replace hydropower dams with solar farms?
• Device cools buildings without electricity by sending heat into space
• Europe could power the world with onshore wind
• Nanowood could make desalination more efficient and sustainable
• The case to keep using fossil fuels keeps getting weaker
• Wringing more power from wind farms by fine-tuning their tilt