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  Electrical Engineers Show Wireless Can Make a Difference in Emergencies

  For the first time, a wireless communication system is being tested in simulated emergencies. Dispatchers can locate responders with GPS and give them directions by text message. The system relies on ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Nature of Water
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  Exhibit Makes Big One's Risks Tangible

  At San Francisco's Exploratorium, a scaled-down model of the city made with Jell-O helps visitors visualize how the city would shake during a major earthquake. In another display, a bowl filled with ... > more
• Computer Science
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  Musician Puts Love for Computer Science into Minimalist Synthesizer

  Recycled CD cases become bare-bones music players with the addition of a simple microchip and handful of other components, in a creation by a New York University graduate student in interactive ... > more
• Virtual Reality
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  Computer Scientists Refine Hologram Technology, Usher In Host of New Applications

  New hologram technology is producing some of the most accurate and realistic 3D images ever made, making them potentially useful for new applications from car design to city planning. The new ... > more
• Acoustics
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  Acoustical Engineers Reduce Hospital Noise with Fiberglass Panels

  New, hi-tech panels can help bring down unhealthy noise levels in hospitals. The panels are made of fiberglass and coated with anti-bacterial fabric. If placed on walls and ceilings they can absorb ... > more
• Construction
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  Environmental Engineers Replace Chemical-Laden Building Insulation with Recycled Denim

  A medical center is insulating its walls with recycled blue jeans instead of fiberglass. The new construction material is more environmentally friendly, as fiberglass contains formaldehyde, which is ... > more
• Tornadoes
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  Meteorologists, Wind Engineers Standardize Fujita Scale

  The Fujita Scale rates tornadoes based on the damage inflicted upon buildings, so accurate rating requires knowing how resistant buildings were in the first place. Starting February 2007, the ... > more
• Pharmacology
  Pharmaceuticals
  HIV and AIDS
  Today's Healthcare
  Personalized Medicine
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  Pharmacists Use Spectroscopy to Avoid Administering Wrong Medication

  A new optical device helps reduce medication errors by recognizing medications in 30 seconds, through their unique fluorescence fingerprints. Administering the right drugs can save lives, especially ... > more
• Albert Einstein
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  Astronomers Discover Eight New Gravitational Lenses with Hubble Telescope

  Images from the Hubble telescope reveal eight new Einstein rings, joining only three others previously known. Einstein rings are pairs of galaxies, with a foreground galaxy bending the light of a ... > more
• Earthquakes
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  Seismologists Use Ultrasounds to Assess Quakes Faster

  Using ultrasound imaging, seismologists can now determine the epicenter and magnitude of an earthquake quake within 10 to 20 minutes, precisely imaging which fault ruptured and where the rupture ... > more

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