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4 October 2006 | ScienceNOW

Robots That Feel Like Rats

by Greg Miller
Will future planetary rovers use whiskers to guide themselves around?
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8 June 2006 | ScienceNOW

New Sensor Feels Fine

by Adrian Cho
Nanofilm rivals human fingertip in sensitivity to textures
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31 May 2006 | ScienceNOW

Down the Drain and Into Your Food

by Aditi Risbud
Antiseptic from hand soap ends up on crops, but health risks are unknown
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25 May 2006 | ScienceNOW

Water, Water Everywhere

by Susan Brown
Nanomaterial plucks moisture from the air
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12 April 2006 | ScienceNOW

Engineering a Malaria Breakthrough

by Dennis Normile
Modified yeast mass produces important ingredient for antimalaria drug
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3 April 2006 | ScienceNOW

Bye Bye Bifocals

by Adrian Cho
Electronic lens that switches focus could someday replace bifocal lenses
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31 March 2006 | ScienceNOW

A Perfect Lens Makes Perfect Tweezers

by Kim Krieger
New class of optical tweezers has infinite range of motion
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17 March 2006 | ScienceNOW

Holey Fiber

by Kim Krieger
Optics technology gets wired
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16 December 2005 | ScienceNOW

Engineering the Wrong Number

by Jeffrey Mervis
New study shrinks training gap between U.S. and India, China
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8 December 2005 | ScienceNOW

Surf's Up for New Type of Chip

by Yvonne Carts-Powell
Waves of electrons on surfaces of metals could lead to devices that shuttle light much like microchips manipulate charge
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2 November 2005 | ScienceNOW

How New Orleans Levees Buckled

by Eli Kintisch
Experts present surprising new data at Senate hearing
15 August 2005 | ScienceNOW

Skin Is In (for Robots)

by Robert F. Service
New web-shaped material could allow machines to sense pressure and temperature
29 July 2005 | ScienceNOW

An e-Tag for Every Bag

by Genevra Ornelas
New modifications may someday make electronic chips as ubiquitous as bar codes
20 July 2005 | ScienceNOW

Sifting with Light

by Carolyn Gramling
New technique harnesses light and electrical force to move microscopic objects
11 May 2005 | ScienceNOW

A Chip Off the Robotic Block

by Adrian Cho
Twisting and turning, a stack of high-tech robotic blocks replicates itself
18 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

These Bots Were Made for Walking

by Science News Staff
Scientists develop robots that walk the way people do
18 January 2005 | ScienceNOW

Muscle-bound Microrobots

by Andrew Watson
New nano-machines are powered by heart cells
17 September 2004 | ScienceNOW

A Swell Idea for a Warmer Wetsuit

by Adrian Cho
When the temperature falls, the smart suit shuts off heat-stealing water flow
14 September 2004 | ScienceNOW

To Throw Farther, Waste Some Energy

by Adrian Cho
The body may work against itself to expend energy more effectively
13 August 2004 | ScienceNOW

Handwriting Analysis Goes 3D

by David Grimm
Researchers use holograms to separate fact from forgery
29 July 2004 | ScienceNOW

Yellow Light for Nanotech

by Fiona Proffitt
U.K. panel urges caution until health and environmental effects are known
26 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Columbia Report Released

by Charles Seife
Falling foam takes most of the blame but plenty's left for NASA
29 July 2003 | ScienceNOW

Keeping the Nuclear Option Open

by David Malakoff
Scholars say more nuclear power will help reduce U.S. carbon emissions
30 June 2003 | ScienceNOW

Turning Down the Heat on Nanowires

by Naomi Lubick
Technique puts nanowires one step closer to mass production
25 April 2003 | ScienceNOW

DARPA's Desert Dash

by Constance Holden
Robots will race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for a $1 million prize
31 October 2002 | ScienceNOW

How Grampa Lost His Wobble

by Katie Greene
Vibrating insoles might improve balance in the elderly
5 April 2002 | ScienceNOW

Boa Constrict-o-Meter

by Katie Greene
New device measures snake's deadly squeeze
7 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Engineers Push New Study of Twin Towers' Collapse

by David Malakoff
Researchers say several years and $40 million needed to fully understand how the towers toppled
14 November 2001 | ScienceNOW

Noisy Filters Snare Tiny Particles

by Geoff Brumfiel
Sound waves help filters with big pores catch the smallest crumbs
1 November 2001 | ScienceNOW

Beetle's Thirst Quencher: Its Backside

by Ben Shouse
Sculptured exoskeleton transforms fog into drinking water
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22 May 2001 | ScienceNOW

Data Storage Reaches New Densities

by Robert F. Service
Sandwiched disk quadruples capacity
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1 February 2001 | ScienceNOW

Electrical Impulses Win Big

by Constance Holden
Engineering prizes go to developers of Internet, pacemaker
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26 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Flying Like a Fossil Flapper

by Constance Holden
A pterosaur could soar--but can a plane that mimics it?
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31 August 2000 | ScienceNOW

Robots Built By Robots

by Dennis Normile
Sci-fi step isn't as threatening as it sounds
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19 July 2000 | ScienceNOW

Walk Through the Belly of a Microscope

by John S. MacNeil
Building to recreate early photosynthesis experiment
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19 July 2000 | ScienceNOW

Superconductors Poised to Make Circuits

by Robert F. Service
Researchers score big gains from transistor with superconducting layers
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23 June 2000 | ScienceNOW

Pentagon: Trust Us, Missile Defense Will Work

by Adrian Cho
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Pentagon said yesterday that classified data prove the controversial National Missile Defense (NMD) system will work, even as some members of Congress called for an investigation into charges...
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12 June 2000 | ScienceNOW

Researchers Target Missile Defense Flaws

by David Malakoff and Adrian Cho
WASHINGTON, D.C.--U.S. researchers are stepping up efforts to shoot down a proposed missile defense system. More than three dozen scientists journeyed to the Capitol today to warn lawmakers that the...
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29 February 2000 | ScienceNOW

Engineering's Greatest Hits

by Constance Holden
The announcement may not electrify the world, but engineers say stringing up the world's power grid ranked as the most beneficial engineering achievement of the 20th century. Members of the...
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22 February 2000 | ScienceNOW

Power From Pond Scum

by Jocelyn Kaiser
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Suppose you could fuel up your car by dipping a hose into your garden pond. That's roughly the idea behind a decades-old dream of using algae to split water...
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