Generating eco-power at a low cost, anytime and anywhere, is no longer just a dream.  The solution is producing solar cells from plastic.  Lukas Schmidt-Mende, one of the youngest professors at L...

Will we run out of certain forms of energy, such as oil, and what are the replacement options? How does hydrogen fit into the future U.S. energy picture? What is carbon sequestration and why does i...

Imagine a sphere much smaller than a pea releasing enough energy to supply all of the electricity needs of the United States for a brief moment in time. How could this be possible? At the National ...

Edward W. Kolb (known to most as "Rocky") gave the 2009 Buhl Lecture, sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon Department of Physics. In his lecture "Mysteries of the Dark Universe", Ko...

Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy's future

Physicist Steven Cowley is certain that nuclear fusion is the only truly sustainable solution to the fuel crisis. He explains why fusion will ...

Cap 2.0: Defining Climate Legislation that Ensures Sustainable Low-carbon Growth: legislation that caps global warming pollution, Richard Duke

First Aired: 12/21/2009, 57 minutes

Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to ...