Engineering a New Face After Injury By Emerson Mello Silva published 15 July 11 An engineering method used in the optimization of high-rise buildings and airplanes may guarantee the full recovery of patients suffering from craniofacial injury.
Looking Ahead to Local Climate Models By Valene Marshall published 8 July 11 How Understanding Climate Change will help us Plan for the Future
Marla Spivak: A Scientist With A Real Bee In Her Bonnet By Lily Whiteman published 1 July 11 Marla Spivak describes the risks that bees face today and how her research goals are to find solutions to these challenges.
Bridging the Gap Between Scientists and the Public By Marlene Cimons published 27 June 11 Scientists learn to communicate with non-scientists through and National Science Foundation program.
Gender of Red-Tailed Hawks Revealed by Size & Weight By James Hewlett published 17 June 11 Researchers and students collaborate on a study to explore the migration patterns of juvenile red-tailed hawks in upstate New York.
E. coli Offers Insight to Evolution By Marlene Cimons published 10 June 11 Richard Lenski's two decade experiment on E. coli sheds new light on evolutionary processes.
New Fishing Hook Reduces Accidental Shark Catch By Eric M. Stroud published 27 May 11 "SMART Hook™" combines two shark repellent technologies into standard fishing hooks in order to reduce the number of sharks caught from commercial fishing.
Placing Landmarks on the Genome Map By Aaron Dubrow published 20 May 11 Vishy Iyer and colleagues use supercomputers and next-generation gene sequences to explore DNA and heredity.
How Tiny Microbes Took a Big Bite Out of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill By John Kessler of Texas A&M University, David Valentine of the University of California published 13 May 11 Two researchers describe their research on the fate of massive methane releases from the Gulf oil spill during the summer and fall of 2010.
The Search Serpent: The Next Wave In Robotics By Gwendolyn Morgan published 6 May 11 Researchers have designed a robotic snake capable of uniquely traversing its environment
Mapping Patterns in Crime With Geography and Math By Robert Cheetham, Mary L. Johnson published 15 April 11 Robert Cheetham, founder and president of Azavea, is developing software to sort through crime data and create maps that are useful for police departments.
Behind The Scenes: Understanding the Brain as a Computational Network By Danielle J. Whittaker published 8 April 11 Researchers decode the patterns that connect different types of nerve cells.
Behind the Scenes: Capturing The Fugitive … In Art By Francesca Casadio published 1 April 11 Some famous pieces of art vanish if exposed to too much light.
Behind The Scenes: What Lies Beneath? Understanding Art Using Science By Dina Georgas published 30 March 11 Researchers are developing a method to identify the materials used in historic artworks.
Behind the Scenes: Deciphering the Elements of Iconic Pottery By Melissa Abraham published 28 March 11 What do cutting edge research into future space travel and the investigation of ancient ceramic pots have in common? More than you'd think.
Behind the Scenes: A Glimpse to the Archives of the Future By Aaron Dubrow published 25 March 11 Texas scientists are finding solutions to keeping track of large amounts of government data.
Behind The Scenes: Surveying Americans' Attitudes and Beliefs By Marlene Cimons published 18 March 11 The General Social Survey asks questions about critical societal issues such as civil liberties, crime and violence, tolerance, morality, race, stress and happiness.
Behind The Scenes: Mummified Trees Take Climate Scientists Back to the Future By Lily Whiteman published 11 March 11 They may reveal clues about future ecosystem responses to climate change.
Behind The Scenes: Robots to the Rescue By Marlene Cimons published 4 March 11 Researchers are exploring ways to make robots more "rescue friendly," using new technologies and research about how humans interact with robots.
Robot Fish Can Trick the Real Thing By Hallie Deaktor Kapner for Polytechnic Institute of New York University published 25 February 11 Could help schools steer clear of chemical spills and turbines
