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• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Construction
  Tsunamis
  Civil Engineering
  Engineering
   
  

  Improving Structural Engineering with Earthquake Simulator

  To develop designs that can survive extreme seismic events, and to devise retrofit solutions for older homes, civil engineers who specialize in structural design test realistic models of homes in ... > more
• Medical Technology
  Medical Imaging
  Today's Healthcare
  Photography
  Diseases and Conditions
  Personalized Medicine
   
  

  Medical Physicists Improve Vision for Radiation Therapy

  Radiation therapy requires visualizing exactly where a tumor is located, usually from looking at hundreds of different X-ray , CT or PET scan images. A new system patches together 2D images into one ... > more
• Perception
  Medical Technology
  Intelligence
  Medical Imaging
  Psychology
  Language Acquisition
   
  

  MRIs Peek into the Brains of Synesthesia Patients

  Cognitive neuroscientists have now documented hundreds of cases of synesthesia -- the condition in which one sense triggers the response of a different one. Using functional magnetic resonance ... > more
• Biometric
  Materials Science
  Chemistry
  Civil Engineering
  Nanotechnology
  Graphene
   
  

  Materials Chemists Apply Photonic Crystals to Forensics

  Photonic crystals -- materials with precise patterns of gaps that make them reflect only selected wavelengths of light -- could soon replace the traditional ink-based fingerprinting. In a new ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Solar Energy
  Food
  Organic
  Trees
  Insects (including Butterflies)
   
  

  A Vacuum Alternative to Pesticides for Microbiology Solution

  A physical chemist has developed a new technique for ridding harvested produce of insect pests and microorganisms without using pesticides such as methyl bromide. The technique, called Metabolic ... > more
• Electricity
  Energy Technology
  Solar Energy
  Thermodynamics
  Batteries
  Fuel Cells
   
  

  Mechanical Engineers' Device Helps Electricity Conservation

  Smart meters are small computers that provide real-time information on how much electricity is being used by each customer and when, and can relay information back to the head office over the very ... > more
• Medical Imaging
  Medical Technology
  Today's Healthcare
  Ovarian Cancer
  Breast Cancer
  Breastfeeding
   
  

  MRI Can Replace CT Scans, Reducing Cancer Risks

  New studies by radiologists have shown that MRI can be just as accurate as CT scans at helping radiologists diagnose pathologies such as cancer, cysts and kidney stones -- while carrying less risk, ... > more
• Water
  Nature of Water
  Environmental Issues
  Drought Research
  Pollution
  Ecosystems
   
  

  New Software Helps Track the Path of Toxic Spills

  Ecological engineers have developed software that can model the path of a toxic spill in waterways anywhere in the United States. The system can predict if and when a contaminant will reach a ... > more
• Dogs
  Veterinary Medicine
  Detectors
  Animals
  Spiders and Ticks
  Civil Engineering
   
  

  Sniffing Dog Provides Cost-Effective Contamination Detection

  America's only dog that's trained to sniff mercury is able to detect as little as a half-gram, and is faster and cheaper than traditional lab analysis. Dogs' olfactory membranes are larger and 44 ... > more
• Back and Neck Pain
  Sports Medicine
  Sports Science
  Artificial Intelligence
  Computer Science
  Medical Imaging
   
  

  3D Imaging System Helps Athletes Recover from Injuries

  A new computer-based system gives physical therapists real-time, objective measures of the motion of each joint in the patient's body. The system uses magnetic trackers to read the positions of ... > more

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