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  Civil Engineers Create High-powered Hurricane Simulator

  Engineers designed a portable hurricane simulator, powered by four marine diesel engines and equipped with a five thousand gallon water tank. It can create 125 mile per hour winds, subjecting real ... > more
• Detectors
  Biology
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  Biotechnology
   
  

  Biochemists And Engineers Create Fast-acting Pathogen Sensor

  Engineers invented a device to bring air samples into contact with genetically engineered biosensors in the effort to detect dangerous biological agents. The technology uses multiple collections of ... > more
• Viruses
  Infectious Diseases
  HIV and AIDS
  Optics
  Biometric
  Influenza
   
  

  Viral Immunologists Invent Speedy Virus Identification Technique

  Chemists and immunologists devised a new rapid system for detecting and identifying viruses. It uses surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy to measure the frequency of near-infrared laser light as it ... > more
• Biometric
  Energy Policy
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  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
• Nature of Water
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  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
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  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
• Weather
  Environmental Science
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  Energy and the Environment
  Energy Technology
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  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
• Lost Treasures
  Transportation Science
  Fossils
  Energy Policy
  Engineering
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  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
• Transportation Science
  Virtual Reality
  Virtual Environment
  Computer Science
  Video Games
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  Computer Scientists Test Fatigued Driver Behavior

  Human factors researchers created a virtual reality environment in order to obtain data on the effects of driving while fatigued. They found that tired drivers alter their steering patterns, from ... > more
• Transportation Science
  Vehicles
  Brain Injury
  Behavior
  Social Psychology
  Consumer Behavior
   
  

  Human Factors Psychologists Study How To Avoid Rear-end Collisions

  Psychologists studied the way a trailing driver reacts to a car braking directly in front of theirs and researchers developed an early warning system algorithm to prevent rear end crashes from ... > more

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