Venkat Srinivasan is a research engineer and writer based in San Francisco
In search of mud to save San Francisco Bay
To restore the region’s salt marshes, scientists and engineers need to get their hands on huge quantities of the messy stuff
Dehydrated state of America
As California enters the fourth year of the worst drought it has seen in over 1,200 years, Venkat Srinivasan travels through America's most …
Unpacking europium, the mainstay of the lighting industry
The rare earth metal is all around us—in flouorescent lamps, display screens, televisions to smart tablets and phones. But is deep mining …
Eyes wide open