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Posted October 31, 2012:

• Inspiration from Mother Nature Leads to Improved Wood

Posted October 24, 2012:

• Electronic Nose Could Be Used to Detect Sleep Apnea

Posted October 23, 2012:

• Researchers to Shake a Building to Study Its Performance During Earthquakes

Posted October 22, 2012:

• How Highway Bridges Sing -- Or Groan -- In the Rain to Reveal Their Health: Just a Drop of Water Can Indicate the Stability of a Bridge

Posted October 18, 2012:

• Space Launch System Providing Engine 'Brains' With an Upgrade

Posted October 11, 2012:

• Traditional Courtyards: An Example of Eco-Efficiency for Architects

Posted October 2, 2012:

• One Glue, Two Functions: Spider Webs Stick to the Ground and Elevated Surfaces Differently
• Geofoam Protects Pipelines from Earthquakes

Posted September 28, 2012:

• Catalysis: Optimizing Water Splitting

Posted September 26, 2012:

• Date Palm Juice: A Potential New 'Green' Anti-Corrosion Agent for Aerospace Industry

Posted September 20, 2012:

• Civil Engineers Destroy Test Levee in the Netherlands

Posted September 19, 2012:

• Can Nanotubes Tell of Bridge Collapse Risk?

Posted September 18, 2012:

• Research Gives Insight Into Graphene-Metal Junctions

Posted September 13, 2012:

• Negative Cross-Resistance Helps Scientists Outmaneuver Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
• Home Sweet Lab: Computerized House to Generate as Much Energy as It Uses

Posted September 10, 2012:

• New Roof and Attic Design Proves Efficient in Summer and Winter

Posted September 7, 2012:

• Exploration Drilling to Monitor Earthquakes in the Istanbul Area

Posted September 4, 2012:

• Smoking and Natural Disasters: Christchurch Residents Increase Tobacco Consumption Post-Earthquake

Posted August 29, 2012:

• Turning Chemistry Inside-Out: Self-Assembling Smart Microscopic Reagents to Pioneer Pourable Electronics

Posted August 27, 2012:

• Short And Mid-Term Cardiovascular Effects of Japan's 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami: Incidence Rises With the Seismic Peak

Posted August 23, 2012:

• Smooth Sailing: Space Launch System Giving Marshall, Langley Wind Tunnels a Workout

Posted August 20, 2012:

• Chemical Physics: NO Place for Nitrogen

Posted August 19, 2012:

• New Space-Age Insulating Material for Homes, Clothing and Other Everyday Uses

Posted August 14, 2012:

• A Model Designed to Balance the Bolting Load of Wind Turbines Developed

Posted August 9, 2012:

• Solar Power Day and Night: New Storage Systems Control Fluctuation of Renewable Energies

Posted August 8, 2012:

• Minimally Invasive Building Renovations With Prefabricated Window Modules

Posted August 2, 2012:

• Homing in on a Potential Pre-Quake Signal

Posted August 1, 2012:

• Northwest Earthquake Risk in U.S. Looms Large: 40% Chance of Major Earthquake Within 50 Years

Posted July 30, 2012:

• Offshore Use of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines Gets Closer Look

Posted July 19, 2012:

• Crossing the Gap: Civil Engineers Develop Improved Method for Detecting, Measuring Bridge Damage

Posted July 17, 2012:

• New Inexpensive Earthquake Resistant Houses

Posted June 20, 2012:

• Toward Super-Size Wind Turbines: Bigger Wind Turbines Do Make Greener Electricity

Posted June 5, 2012:

• Weak Bridges Identified in Texas

Posted June 1, 2012:

• New Compound Could Become 'Cool Blue' for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Posted May 21, 2012:

• Morphing Robots and Shape-Shifting Sculptures: Origami-Inspired Design Merges Engineering, Art

Posted May 18, 2012:

• Functional Coatings from the Plasma Nozzle

Posted May 16, 2012:

• New Technique Allows Mass Production of Building Components

Posted May 14, 2012:

• Button Battery Risks: Number of Battery-Related Emergency Department Visits by Children More Than Doubles

Posted May 11, 2012:

• New Ultra-Thin Electronic Films Have Greater Capacity

Posted May 9, 2012:

• NASA Conducts Tests on Orion Service Module

Posted April 26, 2012:

• Self-Healing Concrete?

Posted April 19, 2012:

• Warning Signs from Ancient Greek Tsunami

Posted April 17, 2012:

• Ultra Lightweight Construction Is Based on Hydraulics

Posted April 13, 2012:

• Engineers Put Five-Story Building on Seismic Shake Table to Test Earthquake and Fire Readiness

Posted April 12, 2012:

• Tsunami Risk Reduction in the Age of Twitter

Posted April 4, 2012:

• Listening to the Radio Even in an Electric Vehicle

Posted March 1, 2012:

• In Space and on Earth, Why Build It, When a Robot Can Build It for You?

Posted February 22, 2012:

• 'Miracle Material' Graphene Is Thinnest Known Anti-Corrosion Coating

Posted February 21, 2012:

• Tohoku Grim Reminder of Potential for Pacific Northwest North American Megaquake

Posted February 14, 2012:

• Fukushima at Increased Earthquake Risk, Scientists Report

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