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2008 Story archive

Math & computer science

  • Cool Schoool: Where Peace Rules ----- (12/2008)
  • The Science Behind Movie Magic ----- (12/2008)
  • Where in the World ----- (12/2008)
  • Office Pools: A Good Bet? ----- (11/2008)
  • Gamers Saving Lives ----- (10/2008)
  • Science of Origami ----- (9/2008)
  • Keeping Vaccinations On Track ----- (6/2008)
  • Do the Math Dance ----- (5/2008)
  • Protect Yourself from Computer Hackers ----- (4/2008)
  • Detecting Turbulence ----- (1/2008)
  • Video Games for National Security ----- (1/2008)

Life sciences

  • New Surgery for Fido's Knees ----- (12/2008)
  • Retrain your Brain After Stroke ----- (12/2008)
  • Healing Ear Infections Faster ----- (11/2008)
  • New Test for Chronic Cough ----- (11/2008)
  • Pill To Fight Alcoholism ----- (11/2008)
  • Pain-Free Golf Swing ----- (10/2008)
  • Patients go Wireless for Faster Recovery ----- (9/2008)
  • Whale Medicine Makes Scars Disappear ----- (9/2008)
  • Blood Test for Breast Cancer ----- (8/2008)
  • Sound Detects Breast Cancer ----- (8/2008)
  • Cleaning Infected Blood ----- (6/2008)
  • Heart Surgery: Faster Recovery ----- (6/2008)
  • One Second Heart Scans ----- (6/2008)
  • Stand Up for Your Health ----- (6/2008)
  • Learn to Read Through Sound ----- (5/2008)
  • Predicting Asthma Attacks ----- (5/2008)
  • Men are From Mars ----- (4/2008)
  • Planes, Trains and Ant Hills ----- (4/2008)
  • Saving Hearts ----- (4/2008)
  • Saving Legs - Saving Lives ----- (4/2008)
  • Science of Stress ----- (4/2008)
  • Better Treatment for Torn Aortas ----- (3/2008)
  • Building the Perfect Nose ----- (3/2008)
  • Clean Up that Moldy Mess ----- (3/2008)
  • New Meth Test ----- (3/2008)
  • Baking out DNA ----- (2/2008)
  • Cooling Suit ----- (2/2008)
  • Lost and Found ----- (2/2008)
  • Saving Seahorses ----- (2/2008)
  • Science of Snacking ----- (2/2008)
  • Vitals Vest ----- (2/2008)
  • Does Winter Cause the Flu? ----- (1/2008)

Physical sciences

  • Bacteria as Art ----- (12/2008)
  • Big Quakes Trigger Small Quakes ----- (12/2008)
  • Diagnosing Heartburn ----- (12/2008)
  • Hi-Tech Cycling ----- (12/2008)
  • Next Generation of Heart Stents ----- (12/2008)
  • Protect Yourself from Latex Allergies ----- (12/2008)
  • Anti-Freeze for Your Plants ----- (11/2008)
  • Cavity Fighting Candy ----- (11/2008)
  • Diesel Guzzler - Money Saver ----- (11/2008)
  • Finding Victims After a Disaster ----- (11/2008)
  • Jupiter's Little Red Spot ----- (11/2008)
  • Tongue-Drive Wheelchair ----- (11/2008)
  • Two New Tires: Safety on a Budget ----- (11/2008)
  • Video Games for the Visually Impaired ----- (11/2008)
  • Dangers of Going Green ----- (10/2008)
  • Evacuation Routes go Hi-Tech ----- (10/2008)
  • Gamers Saving Lives ----- (10/2008)
  • Moving in the ICU ----- (10/2008)
  • Pain-Free Golf Swing ----- (10/2008)
  • Predicting When Tornadoes Will Strike ----- (10/2008)
  • Preparing for a Walk on the Moon ----- (10/2008)
  • Saving Eyes ----- (10/2008)
  • Slower Growing Grass ----- (10/2008)
  • Tracking Pollution From Space ----- (10/2008)
  • Workout For the Eyes ----- (10/2008)
  • Year 'Round Bloom ----- (10/2008)
  • Anti-Counterfeiting Money ----- (9/2008)
  • Cell Phones Manage Diabetes ----- (9/2008)
  • Crash Test Dummies Keep Kids Safe ----- (9/2008)
  • Detecting Disease in Less Than 60 Seconds ----- (9/2008)
  • Jellyfish Fight Terrorists ----- (9/2008)
  • Man-Made Hurricanes ----- (9/2008)
  • Measuring Lightning ----- (9/2008)
  • NASA Saving Lives ----- (9/2008)
  • Patients go Wireless for Faster Recovery ----- (9/2008)
  • Science of Origami ----- (9/2008)
  • Thunderstorms Cause Asthma ----- (9/2008)
  • Whale Medicine Makes Scars Disappear ----- (9/2008)
  • Feeling Through Your Computer ----- (8/2008)
  • Fire Stopper ----- (8/2008)
  • Knowing Where Tornadoes Will Strike ----- (8/2008)
  • Predicting a Pandemic ----- (8/2008)
  • Saving Gas...Saving Money ----- (8/2008)
  • Better Bait ----- (7/2008)
  • Edible Antifreeze Saves Ice Cream ----- (7/2008)
  • Paint That Can Prevent Plane Crashes ----- (7/2008)
  • Sniffing Out Bombs ----- (7/2008)
  • Avoiding Rear-end Collisions ----- (5/2008)
  • New Generation of Crash Test Dummies ----- (5/2008)
  • Tired Truckers ----- (5/2008)
  • Inside the Clouds ----- (4/2008)
  • Nanotechnology - Cleaning up our Water ----- (4/2008)
  • Virtual Realtiy for Construction Zones ----- (4/2008)
  • Dangerous Decibels ----- (3/2008)
  • Detecting Carbon Monoxide ----- (3/2008)
  • High Tech Classroom ----- (3/2008)
  • Kids Discovering New Asteroids ----- (3/2008)
  • Watch Where You Walk, Soldier ----- (3/2008)
  • Hands Free Computer Mouse ----- (2/2008)
  • Perfect Chair for Low Back Pain ----- (2/2008)
  • Decting Colon Cancer ----- (1/2008)
  • Driver Distraction ----- (1/2008)
  • Keeping Cool on the ice ----- (1/2008)
  • Shedding Light on Colon Cancer ----- (1/2008)

Engineering

  • Diesel Guzzler - Money Saver ----- (11/2008)
  • Finding Victims After a Disaster ----- (11/2008)
  • Tongue-Drive Wheelchair ----- (11/2008)
  • Video Games for the Visually Impaired ----- (11/2008)
  • Cell Phones Manage Diabetes ----- (9/2008)
  • Measuring Lightning ----- (9/2008)
  • Building the Perfect Butterfly House ----- (8/2008)
  • Why Can't Cars Move Like Crabs ----- (8/2008)
  • Lifesaving Water Rescue ----- (7/2008)
  • Preserving America's Birth Certificate ----- (7/2008)
  • The Future of Robots ----- (7/2008)
  • Bad Weather: Bad Drivers ----- (6/2008)
  • Get Set...Go! Matchbox Races! ----- (6/2008)
  • Scum-Free Fish Tank ----- (6/2008)
  • Space-Age Technology at the Dentist ----- (6/2008)
  • Crashes that Save Lives ----- (5/2008)
  • Smart Pens Help Blind See ----- (5/2008)
  • New Hope for Stroke Survivors ----- (4/2008)
  • Safer Roads ----- (4/2008)
  • Ditch Your Crutches ----- (3/2008)
  • How Safe is this Bridge? ----- (3/2008)
  • Moon Rover ----- (3/2008)
  • Hands Free Computer Mouse ----- (2/2008)
  • Protecting Miners ----- (2/2008)
  • Vitals Vest ----- (2/2008)
  • Keeping Cool on the ice ----- (1/2008)

Earth & space science

  • Big Quakes Trigger Small Quakes ----- (12/2008)
  • Tracking CO2 ----- (12/2008)
  • Anti-Freeze for Your Plants ----- (11/2008)
  • Finding Victims After a Disaster ----- (11/2008)
  • Jupiter's Little Red Spot ----- (11/2008)
  • Predicting When Tornadoes Will Strike ----- (10/2008)
  • Preparing for a Walk on the Moon ----- (10/2008)
  • Slower Growing Grass ----- (10/2008)
  • Tracking Pollution From Space ----- (10/2008)
  • Year 'Round Bloom ----- (10/2008)
  • Man-Made Hurricanes ----- (9/2008)
  • NASA Saving Lives ----- (9/2008)
  • Thunderstorms Cause Asthma ----- (9/2008)
  • More Accurate Hurricane Predictions ----- (8/2008)
  • Pollution Killing Flower's Fragrance ----- (8/2008)
  • Tracking Tornado Damage from Space ----- (8/2008)
  • Are Saturn's Rings Disappearing? ----- (7/2008)
  • Every Second Counts ----- (7/2008)
  • Growing Greener Lawns ----- (7/2008)
  • Overseas Pollution Hitting the U.S. ----- (7/2008)
  • Saving Marshes - Saving the Planet ----- (7/2008)
  • Using the Weather to Go Green ----- (7/2008)
  • Saving Lives When Wildfires Burn ----- (6/2008)
  • Volcano Warning! ----- (6/2008)
  • Your 5-day Forecast: More Than Ever Before! ----- (6/2008)
  • Dust Storms: Early Warning ----- (5/2008)
  • Perfect Weather Predictions ----- (5/2008)
  • Spring Flowers: Clues to Climate Change ----- (5/2008)
  • Unlocking the Mystery of the Moon ----- (5/2008)
  • Discovering New Earth ----- (4/2008)
  • Inside the Clouds ----- (4/2008)
  • Nanotechnology - Cleaning up our Water ----- (4/2008)
  • Kids Discovering New Asteroids ----- (3/2008)
  • Chickens on a Diet ----- (2/2008)
  • Global Warming = Stronger Hurricanes ----- (2/2008)
  • World on Water ----- (2/2008)
  • Chasing a Star Named MIRA ----- (1/2008)
  • Google Into Space ----- (1/2008)
  • In-flight De-icer ----- (1/2008)
  • Protecting Your Water ----- (1/2008)