“This new tool will help speed up transportation projects while beefing up environmental stewardship.”
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The Road to Ecosystem Safeguards
Year: 2013
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Twice the Rice
A new breed of rice could fend off crop-damaging diseases and improve human health at the same time.
A student-designed “wireless hand sensor” may not only help reduce hand and wrist injuries associated with repetitive motion but may have applications in robotics, medicine and computer gaming.
Your old sofa, as comfy as it is, could be a hazard to your children’s health.
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Ice Core Diaries
We are slowly beginning to understand the anatomy of global climate and how it changes, its geographic fingerprint and its tempo. Ice cores paint a complex and sometimes surprising picture, one that generations of scientists will spend decades trying to fully understand.
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Sex in Play
It takes media savvy and strong role models to promote healthy development in the face of what the American Psychological Association calls “the massive exposure to portrayals that sexualize women and girls and teach girls that women are sexual objects.”