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• Children's Health
  Accident and Trauma
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Wounds and Healing
  Construction
  Osteoporosis
   
  

  Engineers Redesign Youth-sized Crash Test Dummies To Better Reflect Real Anatomy

  Biomechanical and safety engineers added a more lifelike abdomen to models representing children between the ages of four and eight. The new design is constructed from silicon and filled with sensors ... > more
• Biometric
  Energy Policy
  Weapons Technology
  Engineering
  Medical Technology
  Acoustics
   
  

  Chemists And Security Scientists Add New Technology To Redesigned Five Dollar Bill

  Anti-counterfeit experts added several security measures to a recently released new five dollar bill. They added more detailed watermarks, embedded a security thread containing over 650,000 tiny ... > more
• Vehicles
  Robotics
  Artificial Intelligence
  Robotics Research
  Physics
  Extreme Survival
   
  

  Physicists Create Insect-imitating Robot To Scoot Over Unstable Surfaces

  Physicists studied the movement of animals that are mobile on loose surfaces like sand, mud, and gravel in order to design a robot capable of moving on shifty ground. The robot is based on a common ... > more
• Breast Cancer
  Cancer
  Medical Technology
  Medical Imaging
  Women's Health
  Colon Cancer
   
  

  Physicists Develop Ultrasound Alternative To Mammograms

  Radiologists suspend a patient's breast in water, and then send sound waves through the water in order to image breast tissue. The device uses 256 ultrasonic sensors to assemble 50 to 70 two ... > more
• Transportation Science
  Computer Modeling
  Optics
  Fossil Fuels
  Alternative Fuels
  Petroleum
   
  

  Computer Scientists Investigate Traffic Lights To Improve Fuel Economy

  Using a mathematical model, transportation engineers can design optimum traffic light timing patterns for the fewest stops and driving delays. Improving traffic flow would decrease fuel consumption. ... > more
• Nature of Water
  Construction
  Civil Engineering
  Nuclear Energy
  Energy Policy
  Sports Science
   
  

  Fire Scientists Engineer Water-free, Environmentally Safe Fire Suppressant

  Fire scientists developed a fluid that stops hot particles from kindling flames and suppresses fires. It does not cause damage to water soluble inks, nor does it contribute to serious environmental ... > more
• 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
• 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
• Robotics
  Artificial Intelligence
  Robotics Research
  Engineering
  Vehicles
  Photography
   
  

  Computer Scientists Program Robots To Play Soccer, Communicate With Bees

  Engineers built humanoid robots that can recognize objects by color by processing information from a camera mounted on the robot's head. The robots are programmed to play soccer, with the intention ... > more

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