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Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.
- Health & Medicine
Simple test for cancer and heart disease
Disease diagnosis often requires expensive equipment and tests to probe deep inside the body. But a new test relies on a fast, cheap and easy technique. And its answers appear on a strip of paper — just as they do on a pregnancy test.
- Physics
Temperature ‘lock’ for new hard drives?
A novel material can alter how easy it is to change data stored on it, based on temperature. One immediate application: more secure hard drives for computing.
- Physics
Building a mirror with light
Scientists proved that lasers can be used to harness materials into a reflective surface. Some scientists ask: Can a space mirror be far away?
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Science fairs: Teaching students to think like scientists
Broadcom MASTERS competition encourages science as interactive, live process, not just memorization.
- 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.
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- Brain
A dog’s amazingly large vocabulary
A border collie named Rico recognizes a surprisingly large number of words.
- Computing
A classroom of the mind
Computer technology that puts kids in a cartoon classroom may help them learn to pay attention.
