Tech
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Atomic Drive
Chemists have assembled atoms into tiny molecular cars that motor across a gold surface.
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Extra Strings for New Sounds
A new musical instrument strums like a guitar but rings like a bell.
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Snow Traps
A prize-winning science fair project focuses on how snow fences create snowdrifts and increase water supply.
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Squeezing Oil from Old Wells
Adding certain bacteria to oil wells may allow recovery of crude oil that pumps can't normally extract.
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Shape Shifting
A futuristic technology aims to have a pile of tiny, robotic beads arrange itself into different shapes.
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Dancing with Robots
Ingenuity and creativity highlight a contest in which student-built robots play soccer, dance, or go on a rescue mission.
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Fingerprint evidence
Identifying fingerprints may have a role not just in solving crimes but also in everyday life.
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Switchable Lenses Improve Vision
Special lenses that automatically focus can help people wearing eyeglasses see more clearly.
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Microbes at the Gas Pump
Bacteria and other organisms can turn waste plant material into fuel for cars.
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A satellite of your own
Some kids are getting a chance to design, build, and launch an Earth-orbiting satellite.
- Computing
Programming with Alice
Creating animated movies provides a fun way to learn how to program a computer.
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Beyond bar codes
A new tracking technology uses plastic tags that pick up and respond to radio waves.
