Category: Engineering
January 21, 2010 |
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Ride the Slime Mold Express!
Gelatinous organism reproduces plan of Tokyo rail network
January 14, 2010 |
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Hang Christiaan Huygens! Here's a Better Suspension Bridge
They may be pretty, but simple swooping bridge cables aren't the best design
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October 15, 2009 |
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Researchers Use Radio Waves to "See" Through Walls
Technology could help spot burglars or save people from fires
September 29, 2009 |
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GPS: Got Plenty of Snow?
Scientists use global positioning systems to map snowfall
September 17, 2009 |
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Floppy Wings = Efficient Flight
Computer simulations reveal why desert locusts are such economical fliers
September 16, 2009 |
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In the Case of Droplets, Opposites Repel
Highly charged droplets bounce off one another instead of merging
September 14, 2009 |
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Forest a Desert, Cool the World
Simulations argue that turning the Sahara into a forest could help fight climate change
September 11, 2009 |
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New Solar Cell Design Serves Up Seconds
Advance might boost the amount of energy solar cells can capture
August 31, 2009 |
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Tiny Laser Could Light the Way to New Microchip Technology
By amplifying electronic waves instead of light waves, a novel device wriggles around the size limit for conventional lasers
August 13, 2009 |
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Early Tools Were Born From Fire
Ancient humans were burning stones at least 70,000 years ago
June 26, 2009 |
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Brain Recordings Take Flight
A new lightweight device measures brain activity in homing pigeons in midflight
June 23, 2009 |
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Need Hydrogen Storage? Think Poultry
Carbonized chicken feathers might be an effective--and cheap--way to stash hydrogen fuel
June 16, 2009 |
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NSF Under the Knife, Canadian Science Minister Under the Microscope
Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
May 8, 2009 |
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Keep Biofuels Out of the Gas Tank
New analysis argues it's more environmentally friendly to convert corn and other crops to electricity first
May 6, 2009 |
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Plastics That Change Color When Stressed
Technology could lead to bridges and airplane wings that alert engineers when they are near failure
May 5, 2009 |
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You Really Can Catch Lightning in a Bottle
Thin slices of a type of glass show surprising electrical properties
April 30, 2009 |
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Invisibility Cloak for Almost-Visible Light
Design might be scaled to work at wavelengths perceptible to the human eye
April 24, 2009 |
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Artificial Blood Vessels Prove Effective
Tubes made from a patient's own cells show promise for kidney dialysis
April 24, 2009 |
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Presto, Instant Sunglasses!
A lightning-fast chemical provides glare protection in a split second
April 7, 2009 |
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Patented Genes, Animal-Rights Protests, and Japanese Robots in Space
Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
April 2, 2009 |
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Robotic Scientists Make First Discoveries
As well as doing the physical labor, machinery forms hypotheses and designs experiments to test them
March 26, 2009 |
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So Long, Energizer Bunny
Nanogenerators could allow people to power their iPods and other portable electronics just by walking
![Picture of solar-energy-collecting mirror](https://web.archive.org/web/20100220214043im_/http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/assets_c/2010/02/200931321-thumb-60x60-1982.jpg "Read: A Hitch in Plans for "Sunshade Earth"")
March 13, 2009 |
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A Hitch in Plans for "Sunshade Earth"
Dusting the skies could help with global warming but harm solar power
November 14, 2008 |
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Big Noise From Little Tubes
Researchers develop nanotube loudspeakers thinner than paper
October 28, 2008 |
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Safe Passage for Salmon?
New research suggests ocean-bound salmon have little trouble getting past dams.
August 27, 2008 |
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Nuclear Engineer Punished for Research Misconduct
Rusi Taleyarkhan of Purdue stripped of named professorship
August 7, 2008 |
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Stretchable Conductor May Open Way to Flexible Electronics
Fashioned of polymer and carbon nanotubes, elastic conductor can be pulled like a rubber band
May 14, 2008 |
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Lord of the Wings
Dragonflies get a boost from out-of-sync flapping
February 18, 2008 |
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A Grand Diversion in Louisiana
Model predicts how much wetlands would benefit from shunting Mississippi River
January 14, 2008 |
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How to Make a Submarine Disappear
Researchers think objects can be made acoustically "invisible"
November 27, 2007 |
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Taking a Page From the Book of Flight
Artificial evolution helps researchers design craft that may someday fly like birds
October 2, 2007 |
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Running on Eggshells
Ground up eggshells make hydrogen fuel production more environmentally friendly
September 14, 2007 |
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Google Shoots for the Moon
Internet company offers $30 million for a successful robotic rover
August 17, 2007 |
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Nanomaterials: Promise or Peril?
U.S. government looks to address potential dangers of tiny materials
August 13, 2007 |
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New Battery Resembles Paper
Thin, flexible material could usher in new generation of power sources
July 20, 2007 |
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Plug-In Hybrids More Than Hype
Rechargeable cars will cut CO2 emission, even accounting for increased emissions from power plants, report claims
July 20, 2007 |
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Throbbing Oil Demystified
Surface tension and evaporation conspire to make droplets pulse as if alive
June 5, 2007 |
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No Easy Fix for Global Warming
Schemes to make the planet more reflective could backfire catastrophically
April 25, 2007 |
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A Swift Understanding of Flight
Birds could inform better aircraft design
April 23, 2007 |
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Hopes Dim for Perfect Lens
Plans to develop necessary "left-handed" materials for visible light run afoul of causality
March 5, 2007 |
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Dodging a Warming Bullet
Banning CFCs has removed a whole lot of greenhouse potential from the atmosphere
March 2, 2007 |
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Tougher Nuke on Drawing Table
Scientists in California, New Mexico win federal competition to design hardier nuclear weapon
January 18, 2007 |
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Taking Blood Cells for a Spin
Tiny tornadoes might simplify blood tests
November 16, 2006 |
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New Robot Shrugs Off Injury
Machine senses own shape and quickly adapts to external damage
November 14, 2006 |
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Outlets Are Out
Researchers conceptualize a way to recharge electronic devices wirelessly
October 4, 2006 |
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Robots That Feel Like Rats
Will future planetary rovers use whiskers to guide themselves around?
June 8, 2006 |
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New Sensor Feels Fine
Nanofilm rivals human fingertip in sensitivity to textures
May 31, 2006 |
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Down the Drain and Into Your Food
Antiseptic from hand soap ends up on crops, but health risks are unknown
May 25, 2006 |
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Water, Water Everywhere
Nanomaterial plucks moisture from the air
April 12, 2006 |
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Engineering a Malaria Breakthrough
Modified yeast mass produces important ingredient for antimalaria drug
April 3, 2006 |
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Bye Bye Bifocals
Electronic lens that switches focus could someday replace bifocal lenses
March 31, 2006 |
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A Perfect Lens Makes Perfect Tweezers
New class of optical tweezers has infinite range of motion
December 16, 2005 |
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Engineering the Wrong Number
New study shrinks training gap between U.S. and India, China
December 8, 2005 |
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Surf's Up for New Type of Chip
Waves of electrons on surfaces of metals could lead to devices that shuttle light much like microchips manipulate charge
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