Engineering

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Chemistry World March 29, 2006 Jon Evans	Buckyballs Enter the Fast Lane A team of US chemists has developed a practical use for buckyballs: as wheels on a nanoscale car. The nanocar's development has revealed that nanoscale objects can move about in the same way as normal sized objects.
Chemistry World March 24, 2006 Jon Evans	Organic Chemists Develop Molecular Calculator Electronic calculators may have decreased in size dramatically over the past 30 years, but a team of organic chemists has now shrunk the calculator to the size of a single molecule.
National Defense April 2006 David Axe	Soldiers, Marines Team Up in `Trailblazer' Patrols The Army and Marine Corps in Iraq are pressing new and adapted systems into service to combat improvised explosive devices. Many of these innovations empower soldiers to tackle the threat without always relying on bomb-disposal specialists.
British Heritage May 2006 Sian Ellis	Isambard Kingdom Brunel British industry could fuel the British empire when engineers like Isambard Brunel connected the modern world in the 19th century.
Reactive Reports Issue 53 David Bradley	Swell Gels A new type of microscopic particle that has a hard shell and a soft core that changes structure depending on the temperature has been developed and might have industrial and biomedical applications.
Chemistry World March 20, 2006 Jon Evans	Polymer Matches Silicon in Semi-Conductor Stakes Materials scientists have developed a semi-conducting polymer that, for the first time, conducts electricity at levels similar to conventional silicon-based semi-conductors.
Chemistry World March 16, 2006 Michael Gross	Plant Virus Fixed with Antennae Researchers have coupled a virus with redox-active molecules. Such particles could become useful in nanoelectronics, they claim.
PC Magazine March 15, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Making Mini Movies Researchers have created an atomic force microscope capable of high-speed imaging 100 times faster than its competitors.
PC Magazine March 15, 2006	Bits & Bites v25n6 LiftPort Group has stood a space elevator cable one mile into the air, held aloft by a weather balloon, and robots have successfully climbed up and down.
PC Magazine March 15, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Dino Bot Giving human responses and skills to new breeds of robots is all the rage.
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