Engineering

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Chemistry World October 22, 2007 Simon Hadlington	A Swell Idea? US researchers have developed a new polymer-based gel that can rapidly change color in response to a range of triggers, including temperature, humidity and salt concentration.
Fast Company November 1, 2007 Clive Thompson	Motorhead Messiah Johnathan Goodwin can get 100 mpg out of a Lincoln Continental, cut emissions by 80%, and double the horsepower. Does the car business have the guts to follow him?
Fast Company November 1, 2007	The Evolution of Diesel The Past: In response to the 1970s OPEC crisis, GM hastily rolls out diesel engines... The Present: Modern diesel engines achieve up to 40% better fuel efficiency than gas... The Future: Biodiesel engines burn renewable fuel grown... etc.
Fast Company November 1, 2007 Peter Lewis	Do You Want to Play? Richard Garriott set out to design an online game that would shake up a genre he helped create. It has taken six years -- with time off to train as a cosmonaut, hunt shrunken heads, and study magic.
Fast Company November 1, 2007 Alec Appelbaum	Conferences Third Aircraft Interior Innovations 2007: At the Aircraft Interiors gathering, eggheads who know ergonomics and marketers who know mood lighting share prescriptions for making air travel more bearable.
Science News October 20, 2007	Science Safari: LEDs for the Rest of Us Check out this site if you desire considerably more detail on how LEDs work than can be found in a two-sentence summary.
Chemistry World October 19, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Building Tomorrow's Nanofactory UK scientists have been granted 2.5 million pounds to invent a nanomachine that can build materials molecule by molecule. Such a robot doesn't -- and may never -- exist, though it has been imagined for over half a century.
Popular Mechanics October 18, 2007 Erik Sofge	Anatomy of Solar Car Crash: How Eco-Racing Buckled Up With its high-speed environmentalism increasingly relevant heading into this weekend's main event, can a panel-powered motor sport overcome its deadly safety record and keep its student drivers safe?
National Defense November 2007 Stew Magnuson	Research Agency Wants Help Solving The Seemingly Impossible The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has a reputation for taking on challenges that sometimes seem to defy the laws of physics -- or at least common sense. Transparent Walls and Dirt... Building Simulators Without Computer Programmers... etc.
National Defense November 2007 Grace Jean	Electric Guns on Navy ships: Not Yet on The Horizon Scientists have been researching the electromagnetic rail gun for decades and as it slowly develops, analysts question when and if it will come to fruition in the face of ongoing engineering challenges.
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