Engineering

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Fast Company April 1, 2007 Tracy Staedter	Clean Rooms Researchers at MIT have developed a paint-on coating that destroys flu bugs and other nasty microorganisms before they can stick.
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Robb Mandelbaum	MIT Conference is Bullish on Solar Power MIT's Energy 2.0 Conference brought entrepreneurs and inventors together with financiers to discuss not just advances in renewable fuels but in unconventional oil, hybrid cars, and climate change policy.
Chemistry World April 5, 2007 Lionel Milgrom	Nanoparticles Make Better MRI Images Manganese oxide nanoparticles have been used as contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging, allowing researchers to see inside living brains in the same detail as dissected tissue under a microscope.
Chemistry World April 5, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Ultrasonic Waves to Power Future Nanomachines A team of materials scientists has developed an innovative nano-scale power supply which is fueled by ultrasonic waves. The scientists predict that their nanogenerator could power the next generation of nanomachines.
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Hospodor & Hospodor	Robo-Girls All-girl teams make their presence felt at regional high school robotics competitions.
PC Magazine April 4, 2007 Anton Galang	Future Watch: The Invisible Padlock New molecular keypad requires you activate molecules in correct order.
Food Engineering April 2, 2007	Clean Water, Cheap Scientists and business experts are trying to move a low-cost, rechargeable nanofiltration technology for water purification from the lab to commercial reality this year.
Managed Care March 2007 Thomas Morrow	An Absorbable Polyester Material Holds Great Promise Beyond Its Primary Use as a New Type of Surgical Suture The impact of this PHA recombinant polymer and the process to manufacture it is likely to be immense because of its potential use in heart valve replacement and organ, tendon, and ligament harvesting.
Chemistry World April 2007 Jon Evans	Better, Stronger, Faster In the 1970s, the idea of building a bionic man was merely fantastical. Now we have bionic eyes and limbs, and chemists are creating artificial bodily tissues to rival nature's own.
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 John Voelcker	Top 10 Tech Cars Electric cars are back: Tesla 2007 Roadster... Honda FCX/Concept... GMC 2008 Yukon Two-Mode Hybrid... Fiat: 2007 Siena Tetrafuel... Volkswagen 2007 Golf GT TSI... Chrysler 2007 Sebring... etc.
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