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Why serial entrepreneur Seth Epstein says, among other things, that start-up founders should streak. Seth Epstein, the founder and CEO of SocialStay , which creates mobile apps for luxury resorts like the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica, and Hollywood Roosevelt in Los Angeles, spoke recently as part of the University of California at Santa Barbara Distinguished Lecture Series.

The meltdown started when water to cool the reactors fell to dangerously low levels four hours after a the fourth-largest recorded earthquake rattled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant .

Heard of free shipping? Prices are so low that some freight companies have paid to haul clients' cargo across the ocean. Now is the perfect time to order all the commodities you could possibly need from overseas.

How did coffee go from a cheap commodity to a gourmet drink? You have this man (and several other innovators) to thank. If the martini was the fuel of the Mad Men set, then espresso drinks are the life blood of the start-up entrepreneur.

In this extended version of the talk from our latest issue , we speak with Jim Rekoske, VP for renewable energy and chemicals for Honeywell--which licenses its biofuel technology to refineries.

To create customers loyal enough to stand in line for you, start by earning the loyalty of your employees. And there's only one way to do that. In a world where careers have become as portable as cell phones and BlackBerrys, ordinary loyalty is fast disappearing from the business landscape.

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In this extended version of the talk from our new issue , we speak with Blake Simmons, the VP for deconstruction at the Department of Energy's Joint Bioenergy Institute about competing with the fossil fuel industries, balancing needs for food and fuel, and becoming the Radio Shack of bioenergy.

Nearly one metric ton of hardware will land on Mars in about nine months' time, uncurl its limbs, and start rolling around in the name of science. Designing something like Curiosity isn't easy. Around August 6, 2012, a spacecraft will reach Mars' surface after a nine-month journey from Earth

In this extended version of the talk from our new issue, we speak with Marianne Wu, a partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures. "A lot of people assume that green biofuels mean higher prices or worse performance," Wu says.

A new car in 2025 will go twice as far on a gallon of gasoline than a 2012 model does now, if automakers comply with new federal standards released today. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced aggressive new rules to raise the fuel efficiency of cars, SUVs and pickup trucks

A new study by GW Professor Yongsheng Leng, assistant professor of engineering and applied science, and postdoctoral scientist Yajie Lei, reveals that solidified lubricants in tight pores do not change back to a liquid form.

Guarding the fuel trucks that power America's armed forces overseas has turned into a deadly job. The military is realizing that saving money on gas isn't the most important reason to switch to clean fuel.

Intermittency is a well-known weakness of solar and wind power--they're good when the sun shines and the wind blows, say critics, but what about when it doesn't?

Hydrogen is a clean fuel, but making it usually takes fossil fuels, until now: A new discovery allows hungry bacteria to eat dirty water to make the fuel. Hydrogen has potential as a clean-burning fuel. It leaves behind only water as it burns