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Protecting U.S. Troops With Fireproof Wool
Wool is less susceptible to
burning than synthetic
fibers. This makes it an
ideal fabric for uniforms
worn by U.S. troops,
firefighters and others
whose occupations expose
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Incorporating Health And Safety Concepts In Building Plans Reduces Accident Rates And Costs
Incorporating health and
safety concepts into
building plans reduces
accident rates and safety
costs. Workplace accidents
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Is It A Bird, Is It A Plane, No It's A Bridge!
A government lab in the UK
has taken on its biggest
sample for analysis to date
-- a 14-ton footbridge. The
bridge will be used as a
demonstrator to try out
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Foldable And Stretchable, Silicon Circuits Conform To Many Shapes
Scientists have developed a
new form of stretchable
silicon integrated circuit
that can wrap around complex
shapes such as spheres, body
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Cycling For Food: Engineers Work On Pedal-powered Grain Crusher
March 21, 2008 — Students have produced a fairly simple mechanical device that people in developing countries can use to process anything from corn to barley. If it's successful, the grain crusher can help produce ... > full story -
Climate Change Predicted To Have Major Impact On Transportation Infrastructure And Operations
March 12, 2008 — While every mode of transportation in the United States will be affected as the climate changes, potentially the greatest impact on transportation systems will be flooding of roads, railways, transit ... > full story -
Quasicrystal Mystery Unraveled With Computer Simulation
March 11, 2008 — The method to the madness of quasicrystals has been a mystery to scientists. Quasicrystals are solids whose atoms aren't arranged in a repeating pattern, as they are in ordinary crystals. Yet they ... > full story -
Nanatechnology Past And Future: Big Engineering Achievements On A Small Scale
March 11, 2008 — Wires made of individual carbon atoms could be used to reduce the size of today's microchips several-fold. Carbon nanotubes (CNT) were researched in the past few years and used in initial ... > full story -
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Colorful Idea Sparks Renewable Electricity From Painting Solar Cells
March 10, 2008 — Researchers are developing a new, eco-friendly technology that could generate as much electricity as 50 wind farms. They are investigating ways of painting solar cells onto the flexible steel ... > full story -
New Composite Material Is Almost Better Than Mother-of-pearl
March 10, 2008 — Strong, tough but light is the rare but desired combination of properties for numerous artificial materials. Now a new material is similar to natural mother-of-pearl, but twice as strong. Nacre, or ... > full story -
Weaknesses In Structures -- From Massive Bridges To Nanotechnology -- Identified With New Gadget
March 8, 2008 — A new gadget can identify weaknesses in structures ranging from massive bridge construction to the tiniest elements of nanotechnology no larger than a speck of dust on a pinhead. The deformation ... > full story -
Invisibility Cloak: New Technique To Control Nanoparticles
March 7, 2008 — Scientists have created a version of Harry Potter's famed "invisibility cloak" for nanoparticles. Researchers demonstrate that controlling the structure of nanoparticles can "shrink" their visible ... > full story -
Paving The Way For Green Roads
March 7, 2008 — A new green roads program that develops criteria for what makes a roadway green has been established. A lot of the infrastructure in this country needs to be re-built, and it could be done in a more ... > full story -
Surface Dislocation Nucleation: Strength Is But Skin Deep At The Nanoscale
March 5, 2008 — Engineers have developed a model that shows while metals tend to be stronger at nanoscale volumes, their strengths saturate at around 10-50 nanometers diameter, at which point they also become more ... > full story
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