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  Engineers Devise Implantable Dosimeter to Track Success of Radiation Therapy

  Radiologists could soon measure the amount of radiation exposure experienced by different tissues using an implantable capsule. The device contains a small dosimeter and sends radiation exposure data ... > more
• Eye Care
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  Opthalmologists Develop Laser Procedure to Shorten Patients' Recovery

  Replacing the scalpel with a laser, a new cornea transplant procedure leads to faster recovery. Instead of a straight cut, the laser makes zigzag slices around the patient's eye and the donor cornea. ... > more
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  Human-Factors Engineers Focus on User-Friendliness

  Human-factors engineers -- whose training includes psychology -- specialize in testing products for usability, for example checking whether a copying machine's legs get in the way, or measuring how ... > more
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  Engineers Establish Accuracy and Usability Standards

  Human-factors engineers, along with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a rigorous, standardized test for all electronic voting machines -- whose error rate is ... > more
• Automotive and Transportation
  Thermodynamics
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  Engineers Test Ventilated Seats And Thermal-Acoustic System To Make A/C Energy-Efficient

  Engineers at a national lab have shown that small fans embedded in car seats could help cool passengers down -- saving up to 7 percent of the 30 to 40 gallons of gasoline per year an average driver ... > more
• Robotics
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  Robotic Camera Will Take Motion X-Rays by Following Patients' Movements

  Orthopedic injuries are among the most common reasons people visit the doctor. Whether it's pain in the knee, hip or shoulder, doctors have a difficult time making an exact diagnosis without surgery. ... > more
• Encryption
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  Physical Chemists Develop New High-Capacity Storage Technology

  Holograms allow permanent optical data storage and retrieval with far higher densities than CDs or DVDs, using the interference patterns of two lasers. Physical chemists are now developing the ... > more
• Floods
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  Civil Engineers Learn from Dutch Flood Barrier System

  A group of U.S. civil engineers and city officials went on a recent trip to the Netherlands -- a country much of which is below sea level -- to study the country's storm surge barrier system. The ... > more
• Optics
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  Gastroenterologists Use Hi-Res Narrow-Band Imaging to Find Cancer

  Gastroenterologists Use Hi-Res Narrow-Band Imaging To Find Cancer New optical technologies are helping gastroenterologists improve cancer detection using colonoscopy. A new endoscope uses HDTV ... > more
• Nature of Water
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  Rheologists Apply Shear-Thickening Fluids to Protective Gear

  Rheologists have created a new way of bullet-proofing clothes using shear-thickening fluids. Fabric treated with shear-thickening granular suspensions can turn soft material into solid protective ... > more

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