Cincinnati Edition

Brains to boost battery power

Ann Thompson — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:31:10 +0000

The rush is on for a better battery that will be smaller, hold more power, and charge faster. The Department of Energy announced a new partnership with this challenge: Invent batteries that are five times more powerful and one fifth the price in just five years. The Joint Center for Energy Storage Research or JCESR will gather brain power from five national labs, five universities and industry. Ann Thompson, in "Focus on Technology," reports on what kind of battery you can expect in electronic devices and cars and when.

"Finding Freedom: Memorializing the Voices of Freedom Summer"

Mark Perzel — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:31:25 +0000

A new book provides detailed information about the Freedom Summer Monument on the campus of Western College at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, which was dedicated in 2000.

Daguerreotypes, local and national, on display at the Taft Museum of Art

Mark Perzel — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:31:20 +0000

In the Taft Museum of Art’s current side-by-side exhibits, visitors will discover the long and rich history of the photographic arts in Cincinnati, dating back to the mid-1800’s and the introduction of daguerreotypes, as well as see an amazing collection of rare and historical daguerreotypes.

Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Florida

Thane Maynard — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:31:15 +0000

If a Florida vacation is in the plans, you might want to visit Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary on the western side of the Everglades. The sanctuary director, Jason Lauritsen, joins Thane Maynard for this week’s Field Notes to talk about their 13,000 acres, some of the wildlife that reside there, and the largest old growth Bald Cypress forest in North America.

Movie Review: The Great Gatsby

Larry Thomas — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:31:05 +0000

I have not been a fan of director Baz Luhrmann from day one.