Popular Science 1992 - Abstracts

Popular Science 1992
TitleSubjectAuthors
120 years of Popular Science. (Cover Story)Science and technology 
A better bandanna. (air filter)(Automotive Newsfront)Science and technology 
Ace of air racers? (includes related article on the history of air racing) (Cover Story)Science and technologyLen Frank
All the ways to recycle antifreeze. (Automotive Newsfront)Science and technologyRichard Stepler
Amory Lovins: two times a hero? (Environment & Technology)Science and technologyArt Kleiner
Antarctica: whose continent is it anyway? (includes related articles on the ozone layer hole and on an Antarctic research station) (Cover Story)Science and technologyArthur Fisher, Daniel Grotta, Sally Grotta
Asteroid encounter. (Gaspra)(Science Newsfront)Science and technology 
Battle of the batteries. (electric automobiles)(Automotive Newsfront)Science and technologyRick Cook
Beach saver. (beach dewatering system)(Science Newsfront)Science and technologyCarol Brighton
Can your house make you sick? (Environment & Technology)(includes related information on testing for lead and on the use of environmentally-responsible building materials)Science and technologyJeff Wallach, Marcelle M. Soviero
Closing the gaps in window efficiency. (Home Newsfront)Science and technologyAlex Wilson
Controlling the home. (Home Newsfront)Science and technology 
Deep look into space. (Science Newsfront)Science and technology 
Digital phone lines. (Electronics Newsfront)Science and technologyLee Greathouse
Digital photography. (Evaluation)Science and technologyDaniel Grotta, Sally Grotta
Do the groundwork for a a better finished project. (Special Advertising Section: 1992 Home Remodeling Ideas, part 1)Science and technology 
Earth Summit accord. (Science Newsfront)Science and technologyPaul Raeburn
Earthwinds waits on the weather. (manned balloon)Science and technologyStuart E. Brown
Electric start-up. (Automotive Newsfront)Science and technology 
Elvis sighting. (silicon research)(Science Newsfront)Science and technology 
En.vi.ron.'men.tal literary sampler (Environment & Technology) (Glossary)Science and technologyH. Steven Dashefsky
Fifth annual best of what's new: the year's 100 greatest achievements in science and technology. (1992)Science and technology 
Get down to business with an in-home office. (Special Advertising Section: 1992 Home Remodeling Ideas, part 1)Science and technology 
Good planning brings good results. (Special Advertising Section: 1992 Home Remodeling Ideas, part 2)Science and technology 
Heat-pump house. (Home Newsfront)Science and technology 
Heat pumps turn on the gas; the gas-fired heat pump could be one of the hottest home-energy options of the '90s.Science and technologyJack Hayes
High tech up at bat. (includes related article on the development of a diagnostic baseball bat)Science and technologySteven Ashley
Hyundai steps out. (Hyundai HCD-1)(Automotive Newsfront)Science and technology 
"I built it myself." (Heathkits)(Electronics Newsfront)Science and technologyWilliam R. Howard
It's in the bag. (air bags; Auto Tech '93)(includes related articles on other automobile safety features and safety research) (Cover Story)Science and technologyDon Sherman, Dennis Normile, Joe Callahan, Norman Mayersohn
Lean-burn catalysts. (Automotive Newsfront)Science and technology 
Lessons from a mock attic. (Home Newsfront)Science and technologyNancy Armistead
Live, from Barcelona. (Electronics Newsfront)Science and technology 
Memory crystal. (Electronics Newsfront)Science and technologyEllen Muraskin
Natural resources: can they be saved? (Times Mirror Magazines National Environmental Forum Survey)Science and technology 
New strengths for lumberScience and technologyPhil McCafferty
Offshore oil: how deep can they go? (includes related information on types of drilling platforms, on offshore drilling in Brazil and on 3-D seismic surveying)Science and technologyPeter Britton
Ozone drone. (unmanned power glider)(Environment & Technology) (Cover Story)Science and technologySteven Ashley
Ozone mission. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite)(Science Newsfront)Science and technology 
Panels for insulation. (Home Newsfront)Science and technologyJerry Shine
Polymerase chain reaction. (includes related article on chemist Kary Mullis. and on the working of polymerase chain reaction)Science and technologyRichard A. Marini
Power to the people. (The Alternate Fuel Follies; Part 2)(includes related articles on recharging electric cars and on the use of compressed natural gas in Texas)Science and technologyDan McCosh, Stuart F. Brown, Len Frank, Richard Marini
Removing CFCs from old appliances. (chlorofluorocarbon)(Home Newsfront)Science and technologyJeff Wallach
Reviving the red planet. (Mars; Science Newsfront)(includes related information on a vehicle designed to collect rock an soil samples)Science and technology 
Sometimes even small renovations make a big difference. (Special Advertising Section: 1992 Home Remodeling Ideas, part 1)Science and technology 
Techno expo: 1992 Seville World's Fair.Science and technology 
Technology takes the toll. (highway tolls)Science and technologyVernon M. Church
The boat that flies. (ground-effect machine: 'Flarecraft')(includes related articles on a Russian ground-effect craft, and on ground-effect wings) (Cover Story)Science and technologyKevin A. Cameron
The programmable world: the ultimate control chip. (Future Computers: part 3)(includes related information on Xerox Corp. research, smart doorbells, home control systems and computer networks)Science and technologyMariette DiChristina, Art Kleiner, Christopher O'Malley
The riddle of artificial life. (adapted from the book 'Artificial Life')(includes related article on the areas of research being conducted in the artificial-life field)Science and technologySteven Levy
The teraflops race (Future Computers: part 1)(includes related information on a supercomputing research and planning, and on super-chip manufacture) (Cover Story)Science and technologyMichael Alexander, P.J. Skerrett, John Free
Times Mirror Magazines voters' guide to environmental issues. (National Environmental Forum)(includes interviews with George Bush, Bill Clinton, Dan Quayle and Albert Gore as well as an environmental scoresheet for 1992 congressional and gubernatorial candidates)Science and technology 
Too hot to handle. (nuclear waste)(includes related article on glassification of wastes and on disposal sites)Science and technologyDoug Garr
Toxic avengers. (Environment & Technology)(includes related information on the use of fungi, on polychlorinated biphenyls, on cleaning up uranium and oil)Science and technologyDawn Stover, Richard A. Marini
Travel advice. (TravTek)(Automotive Newsfront)Science and technologyKen Presti
Violating the public trust: uses and abuses of public resources. (includes related statistics and resource information)Science and technology 
Wide-screen video. (Tech TV)(includes related information on do-it-yourself television image cropping)Science and technologyMark Fleischmann
Winging it. (SWIFT hang glider)(includes information on types of gliders and sailplanes)Science and technologyRobert Gannon
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