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  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
• Diabetes
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  Epidemiologists Use Wireless Technology To Improve Blood Sugar Monitoring

  Doctors provide Internet-enabled cell phones to diabetic patients in order to improve their health. Patients enter their blood sugar levels, food intake, physical activity information and more into ... > more
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  Computer Scientists Create System That Gives Users A Sense Of Touch

  A non-mechanical haptic interface allows computer users to manipulate a three dimensional object on screen and receive immediate tactile response from the surroundings of that object. The interface ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
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  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
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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
• Landslides
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  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

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