Engineering

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Popular Mechanics June 2007 Davin Coburn	Baseball Physics: Anatomy of a Home Run In less time than it takes to blink an eye, pro hitters routinely achieve the extraordinary. Here's how home runs happen.
Reactive Reports May 2007 David Bradley	The Long and the Short of It A new composite material that acts as a catalyst to speed up chemical reactions has been developed to create arrays of the world's longest carbon nanotubes.
Reactive Reports May 2007 David Bradley	A Scent for Explosives A new type of biosensor based on yeast, jellyfish proteins, and a rat's sense of smell could sniff out explosives, landmines, and agents, such as sarin gas, according to researchers.
Chemistry World May 17, 2007 Michael Gross	Further Integration of Micro Fluidics and Mass Spec Chemists in Germany have created a glass microchip that combines microfluidic channels with a nanospray emitter for electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
Chemistry World May 16, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Nanopolymers Get Stuck In U.S. scientists have discovered how to glue two materials together with a one nanometer-high layer of polymer chains.
PC Magazine May 16, 2007 Lisa Zyga	Eco-Friendly Batteries on the Horizon A new generation of longer-lasting, environmentally friendly batteries that run on sugar, urine, and bacteria is on the horizon.
Geotimes May 2007 Cassandra Willyard	Engineering a Lunar Challenge You don't have to take a space flight to see a moonbuggy in action -- just head to Alabama. In mid-April, high school and college students gathered at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville to race their own lunar rovers in the Great Moonbuggy Race.
IEEE Spectrum May 2007 Philip E. Ross	A Double Standard for Women Engineers? When male scientists posed half-naked for a calendar in the 1990s they got kudos; now that female engineering students have done the same, they face recriminations.
Chemistry World May 14, 2007 Ned Stafford	Large-Scale Biopolymer Production German chemical giant BASF has taken a decisive step toward starting commercial production of biopolymers for making plastics, announcing that it is financing research to determine the feasibility of large-scale production.
Popular Mechanics June 2007 Erin McCarthy	Israeli Military Robot Is Built to Kill (Mini-Uzi Included) At just 9 inches tall, the VIPeR may look like a toy. But this combat drone fights like a pint-size commando.
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