The Alumni House Conference Center is a working example of how to use and conserve energy. The solar system is expected to provide at least a third of the building's heat in the coldest months. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the exponential growth of energy consumption and future consequences. Possible methods of converting solar energy to power such as direct energy conversion, focusing collectors, selective rediation absorbers, ocean thermal gradient, and space solar power are considered. (DF)

Advocates building demonstration plants of liquid metal fast breeder type and testing waste disposal methods. Sees nuclear power as the best hope of providing electrical energy for the U.S. (AL)

Discusses the symptoms and health hazards associated with prolonged use of video-display terminals, with particular emphasis on those hazards related to the emission of microwave radiation by cathode-ray screens. Nonradiation problems are also described, and work-station measurements recommended by the National Institute for Occupational Health…

Discusses a special project of the National Science Teachers Association which will develop energy posters for classroom use. The poster "Energy Search" in this issue will be followed by a poster on "Solar Promise" in the April 1982 issue and a poster on "Nuclear Promise" in the May 1982 issue. (RM)

This article presents the American Indian antinuclear stance which asserts that Native Americans will fight along with others against EXXON, Kerr-McGee, and other big mining companies. (Author/RTS)

A survey of the knowledge and attitudes of 485 California home economists toward the use of irradiation to preserve food revealed that they lacked the knowledge although they had a positive attitude toward it. An interactive teleconference on irradiation increased positive attitudes and improved knowledge. (JOW)

The chemistry articles published in the September through December 2003 issues of "The Science Teacher (TST)" are examined. Topics on buoyancy, density, molar volumes of gases, absorption spectra and the electromagnetic spectrum are discussed.

A study of the vibrational spectroscopy of the cis and trans isomers of 1,2-dichloroethylene provides an excellent opportunity to learn the applications group theory in laboratories. The necessity of using infrared (IR) spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy in making full vibrational assignments is illustrated.

Infrared thermal imaging is a valuable tool in physics education at the university level. It can help to visualize and thereby enhance understanding of physical phenomena from mechanics, thermal physics, electromagnetism, optics and radiation physics, qualitatively as well as quantitatively. We report on its use as lecture demonstrations, student…