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National Defense August 2009 Jason Jacks	What's Good For An Ice Rink is Good For a Ship's Deck A Zamboni for ship decks? Odd as it sounds, it's quickly becoming reality.
National Defense August 2009 Jason Jacks	Navy Looks To New Hull Coating to Keep Barnacles at Bay The Office of Naval Research is developing a new hull coating that the Navy hopes will reduce the build-up of barnacles and other crustaceans on ships' hulls.
National Defense August 2009 Jason Jacks	Battery to Extend Work-Life Of Bomb-Disposal Robots A team of Penn State University researchers developed a battery for the military's bomb-disposal Talon robots that has a 23-percent longer life span than current power packs.
Chemistry World July 15, 2009 Matt Wilkinson	Exxon and Venter to create fuel of the future Oil giant ExxonMobil has finally entered the biofuel race and signed up biotechnology company Synthetic Genomics (SGI) to help produce next generation biofuels from photosynthetic algae.
National Defense August 2009 Grace Jean	Guided Mortars: The Next IED? Can improvised explosive devices become smart weapons?
National Defense August 2009 Grace Jean	Weapons Experts Working to Lighten Troops' Small Arms Load Technologists are working to cut small arms weight in half without compromising firepower, and so far prototypes of a redesigned machine gun and ammunition are demonstrating the art of the possible.
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson	Recovery Act to Inject More Funds Into Military Fuel Cell Research The Obama administration announced plans to spend $20 million of Recovery Act funding on military fuel cell technology. The Defense Department's director of defense research and engineering office will be spearheading these efforts.
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson	Military Sees Promise in Algae-Based Bio-Fuel Researchers want to take raw algae and use it to end the U.S. addiction to oil.
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson	Ensuring No One Pays the 'Ultimate Price' for Fuel Becomes New Goal After three decades of using the same technology, a new family of generators, the advanced medium mobile power sources, are in the pipeline. They will be more fuel efficient and quieter and could save up to $800 million in fuel costs per year.
Popular Mechanics July 2009 Harry Sawyers	The Science of Flooring: DIY Guide Advances in flooring technology have finally leveled the field. Here's a look at past and present.
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