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Technology & Engineering

Technology and Engineering bridge the gap between what the mind can imagine and what the laws of nature allow. While scientists seek to discover what is not yet known, engineers apply fundamental science to design and develop new devices and systems—technology—to solve societal problems. Technological and engineering innovations then return the favor by affecting human—as well as other animal species'—the ability to control and adapt to their natural environments.

Smarter Buildings
USC Architect First to Use Zero-Energy Building Material That Reacts Smartly to Sunlight

Grand Challenges Of Science: What's Next For The Internet?

A discussion about how computer programmers and engineers will design future internet systems and how users will interact with those new developments

Healing Power
Self-healing polymers

Engineering Safer Drinking Water In Africa
Community outreach helps technology solve water problems in Africa

Electronic Tattoo Monitors Brain, Heart And Muscles
Elastic electronics offer less invasive, more convenient medical treatment

The ARRA Report 18
This report reviews the research and discoveries made possible in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

NASA's Portable Lunar Habitat
The University of Maine is working with NASA develope a portable lunar habitat to help astronauts live on other planets

Bionic Leg makes Amputee Faster On His Feet
This powered prosthetic is better at anticipating next move

Chalk Talk: Large Hadron Collider
The LHC will help answer some of the fundamental open questions in physics such as the structure of space and time

Breakthrough In Early Cancer Detection
A simple cheek swab could show early signs of lung cancer

Usable Waste

Researchers at UVM are looking to produce methane more efficiently and in greater quantity

Climate Change And Other Threats To World's Freshwater Goliaths

Large Lakes Observatory works toward deeper understanding of how lakes function

Using Hollywood Animation Technology To Help Those With Speech Impairment
Using hollywood technologies to better understand speech impairments in people diagnosed with ALS

New Sensor System Tracks Firefighters Where GPS Fails
Portable device locates missing firefighters - saves time and maybe lives

The ARRA Report 17
This report reviews the research and discoveries made possible in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Green Revolution: Electric Vehicles
Coming up with better ways to get where we need to go and power the lives we live requires creativity, ingenuity and hard work.

Cell Scope
Lightweight, mobile microscopes are not only being used in third world countries to diagnose disease, but also in classrooms to get kids excited about science.

Computer Science And Data Mining
Studying artificial intelligence and using it to achieve better results when data mining

Technology Visualizes How Matisse Changed "Bathers"
Collaborators between Northwestern University and The Art Institute of Chicago show how Matisse radically changed his style and palette

Mind Reading Computer System May Help People With Locked-In Syndrome

Totally paralyzed people could communicate and control robots