Civil Engineering Videos

• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Construction
  Civil Engineering
  Engineering
  Rodents
  Inorganic Chemistry
   
  

  Civil Engineers Design Walk Through Butterfly Museum Exhibit

  Structural engineers created a cocoon-like structure to hold butterflies and keep them flying around visitors. Low ceilings keep the insects at visitor-level, while screened-off ventilation systems ... > more
• Breast Cancer
  Cancer
  Personalized Medicine
  Diseases and Conditions
  Women's Health
  Osteoporosis
   
  

  Biochemists Develop Proteomic Test For Breast Cancer

  Biochemists look at 22 protein biomarkers to distinguish patients with breast cancer from those without it. The early detection test complements mammograms and is most applicable to women who are at ... > more
• Weather
  Environmental Science
  Renewable Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Energy Technology
  Severe Weather
   
  

  Engineers And Meteorologists Catalogue Weather Activity To Devise Green Energy Plan

  Researchers installed weather stations to track the best locations for taking advantage of renewable resources. Tracking sunlight exposure helps pinpoint the ideal location for solar panels, and ... > more
• Landslides
  Acid Rain
  Water
  Sustainability
  Engineering
  Wildfires
   
  

  Soil Scientists Stabilize Fire Ravaged Topsoil With New Technology

  Chemists and engineers designed a technology that protects soil. A polymer encased in recycled paper bonds to positive ions in soil to form clumps. These clods of dirt break up the hard surface that ... > more
• Lost Treasures
  Transportation Science
  Fossils
  Energy Policy
  Engineering
  Construction
   
  

  Engineers' Case Protects America’s Birth Certificate

  Engineers designed a case to protect the map that first used the word "America" to describe the land masses now called North and South America. The air-tight container is made of two large sheets of ... > more
• Nature of Water
  Accident and Trauma
  Sports Science
  Bone and Spine
  Nuclear Energy
  Today's Healthcare
   
  

  Industrial Designers Develop Harness To Provide Spine Support During Water Rescues

  Industrial designers created a floating support brace from foam and other materials. It protects the spine from damage during swiftwater rescues. The harness corrects itself if it turns upside down ... > more
• Detectors
  Microarrays
  Weapons Technology
  Organic Chemistry
  Chemistry
  Biometric
   
  

  Physicists Create Highly Sensitive Explosives Detector

  A tiny sensor that monitors electrical conductivity allows scientists to detect the presence of explosives. The sensor measures the conductivity of two different thin films, one made of a cobalt ... > more
• Aviation
  Technology
  Vehicles
  Chemistry
  Medical Technology
  Weapons Technology
   
  

  Chemists And Materials Scientists Develop Paint That Reveals Evidence Of Impacts

  Chemists created a paint embedded with pressure-sensitive capsules that contain a contrastingly colored dye. Violent scratches, dents, or strikes cause the capsules to burst. Visual inspections for ... > more
• Fish
  Fisheries
  Materials Science
  Electronics
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Chemistry
   
  

  Mechanical Engineers Reinforce Flimsy Fishing Lures

  Materials scientists and engineers added reinforcements to flexible plastic fishing lures to keep them from snapping off their hooks. Braiding microfibers into the lures with techniques used in ... > more
• Fish
  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Thermodynamics
  Nature
  Fisheries
   
  

  Engineers Design Two Piece Magnetic Aquarium Pump

  Chemical engineers developed a pump that splits into two pieces, a propeller for the interior of the aquarium and a motor for the exterior, connected across the glass wall by strong magnets. The ... > more

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