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  Physicists, Engineers Capture Lightning with Tethered Rockets

  To study lightning, scientists use rockets connected to the ground by wires. They fire the rockets into clouds, triggering electrical discharges, and storing their power. They have found that ... > more
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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
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  Human-Interface Engineers Create Virtual-Reality Experience by Letting Users Walk in Rotating Sphere

  A new invention allows users to explore virtual worlds while moving around safely in their real physical environment. Wearing a virtual-reality helmet, users walk inside a rotating, hollow sphere, ... > more
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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
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  Interventional Neuroradiologists Treat Brain Strokes with New Kind of Stent

  A new "wingspan" stent helps restore blood flow for patients with intracranial atherosclerotic disease, or ICAD. Surgeons insert the stent up the leg arteries, guide it to the brain, then let its ... > more
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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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  Orthotics and Prosthetics Experts Use New Materials to Let Injured Athletes Play

  Athletes can play even with fractured bones, thanks to new light-weight braces. The braces are made from a combination of plastic and carbon that is heated to become soft and then molded into ... > more
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  Computer Engineers Develop Clothes that Sense and Interpret Movements

  New "electronic textiles" could help monitor the activities of patients with chronic illnesses. Computer engineers have developed pants with sensors embedded in the fabric that measure speed, ... > more
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  Electrical Engineers Develop Glove That Translates Sign Language

  A new high-tech glove enables the translation of sign language into written text, facilitating communication for the hearing or speech impaired. The glove senses movements of the hand and fingers, ... > more
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  Electrical Engineers Envision Broad, Transformational Use of Flash Memory

  With their high capability and no moving parts, flash drives safely store data in camera memory sticks and in some MP3 players, and they also hide in gadgets such as cell phones. Experts say once ... > more

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