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IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Willie D. Jones	Sensor System Yields Landslide Warnings New acoustic sensor can hear when a landslide is imminent
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Peter Fairley	Smarts for Solar Arrays Start-ups are vying to squeeze more energy out of solar panels, with distributed intelligence
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Henry Petroski	Engineering Is Not Science And confusing the two keeps us from solving the problems of the world
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 G. Pascal Zachary	Why Engineers Must Try to Save the World Scientists also should heed the messianic impulse
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Esther Schindler	Quilting 2.0 Today's sewing machines are sophisticated embedded systems with exacting precision, automated stitch control, and touch-screen interfaces
Chemistry World November 29, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Mystery of diamond polishing solved? Mike Ashfold, an expert on the chemistry of diamond at the University of Bristol in the UK, says, 'Polishers have long recognised that some diamond surfaces polish more easily, and more successfully, than others.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2010 Manikandan Raman	Kindle Beware! Here Come Disposable E-Readers An engineering researcher at University of Cincinnati, has discovered a new paper-based display technology that's fast enough for video yet cheap enough to be disposable.
Chemistry World November 26, 2010 Rebecca Brodie	Printing on bioactive paper An enzyme printing process that prints the product of an enzyme-catalysed reaction, but not the enzyme molecule itself, has been designed by scientists in Australia to produce bioactive paper.
Chemistry World November 25, 2010 Hayley Birch	Designing safer stents for heart patients A study by UK researchers provides insights into how the body reacts to the metal stents used to wedge open blocked blood vessels in heart patients.
Chemistry World November 19, 2010 Philippa Ross	Rise of the micro machines Microjet engines called microbots that can transport cells within a fluid to any desired location have been developed by German scientists.
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