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...After successful trials in defense labs, the military is converting bhut jolokia--the world's hottest chili--into hand grenades. Intended to render suspects harmless in much the same way tear gas does, the nontoxic bombs have an added bonus, according to R.B. Srivastava, a scientist at the Defence Research and Development Organisation: the grenades' "pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hideouts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

...Artificial photosynthesis is a real idea, although it's further from deployment than the novel suggests. McEwan's background research is so seamlessly displayed that scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - busy working on the same topic - might wonder if he's nicked their notes. But where Solar really succeeds - beyond the dark comedy, too long missing in McEwan's gentler recent work - is the author's ability to reveal the nature of the climate conundrum in the very human life of his protagonist. Beard is a Nobel Prize - winning mess, an obese man who can't stop eating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ian McEwan Writes The Book on Climate Change | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

Science Fiction. McEwan's research shows in his books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ian McEwan Writes The Book on Climate Change | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

Saturday Neurosurgeon Henry Perowne sees the world through the cool eyes of a scientist - even when his family is threatened. McEwan shadowed a real doctor as part of his research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ian McEwan Writes The Book on Climate Change | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

...business. The consulting firm Pike Research estimates that the global market for lithium-ion batteries could grow from $877 million this year to $8 billion by 2015. In North America, the market is expected to expand from about $287 million this year to $2.2 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Start-Ups Are Charging Into Lithium | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

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