Engineering Design
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Young scientists come to Washington
Thirty middle school students compete in the inaugural Broadcom MASTERS science challenge.
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Science fairs: Teaching students to think like scientists
Broadcom MASTERS competition encourages science as interactive, live process, not just memorization.
- Tech
Cars of the future
New cars will be smarter, safer, more efficient — and able to drive themselves.
- Tech
A greener way to keep flames away
Scientists use safer materials to create a new flame retardant.
- Animals
Lotion takes a bite out of snake venom
Scientists discover that a cream can slow the spread of a serpent’s poison.
- Science & Society
Scientist profile: Leroy Hood
The inventor of the DNA sequencing technique, and Albert Lasker Awardee, embarks on the next big challenge.
- Computing
Watson a game-changer for science
Supercomputer outsmarts humans in historic Jeopardy! competition.
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Enthusiasm and reward for science
Meet the high schoolers who won the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search.
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- Physics
Explainer: How a synchrotron works
Giant magnets direct superfast light into beams up to 30 million times as bright as those produced by a laser pointer.
