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  RFID-Based Recycling Technology Makes Philadelphia Greener

  Electrical engineers have developed a system that identifies a recycling bin by its household, using Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) chips embedded in the bins. Bins are scanned and weighed ... > more
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  Engineering Students Build Next-Generation Bathyscaphe

  Computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering students at the University of Florida have built a fully automated underwater vehicle. Driven by five thrusters and controlled by complex electronics, ... > more
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  Engineers Devise Implantable Dosimeter to Track Success of Radiation Therapy

  Radiologists could soon measure the amount of radiation exposure experienced by different tissues using an implantable capsule. The device contains a small dosimeter and sends radiation exposure data ... > more
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  Engineers Test Ventilated Seats And Thermal-Acoustic System To Make A/C Energy-Efficient

  Engineers at a national lab have shown that small fans embedded in car seats could help cool passengers down -- saving up to 7 percent of the 30 to 40 gallons of gasoline per year an average driver ... > more
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  Robotic Camera Will Take Motion X-Rays by Following Patients' Movements

  Orthopedic injuries are among the most common reasons people visit the doctor. Whether it's pain in the knee, hip or shoulder, doctors have a difficult time making an exact diagnosis without surgery. ... > more
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  Physical Chemists Develop New High-Capacity Storage Technology

  Holograms allow permanent optical data storage and retrieval with far higher densities than CDs or DVDs, using the interference patterns of two lasers. Physical chemists are now developing the ... > more
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  Physical Chemists Devise Quick Spectrometry-Based Mercury Test

  Physical chemists have created a new, cheap test to detect mercury, an element known to harm the brain, kidneys, heart, lungs and immune system. A gold nanorod absorbs mercury from a sample and, then ... > more
• Oceanography
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  Oceanographers Uncover The Physics Of Rip Currents

  Rip currents flow in very erratic patterns, not in steady courses as previously believed -- which may help explain why they can be so dangerous even for experienced swimmers. Oceanographers have ... > more
• Nature of Water
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  Mimicking Insects to Avoid Sinking Using Surface Tension

  A new robot made of ultralight carbon-fiber can stand or slowly walk on water. The principle it uses is borrowed from insects -- surface tension tends to prevent the water's surface from breaking, ... > more
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  Acoustical Oceanographers Record Noises in the Deep

  Manmade and natural sounds, from boat engines to rainfall, sound different below the sea surface. To study their impact of noise on marine life, scientists are submerging devices called Passive ... > more

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