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Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.
- Tech
Digital lighting goes organic
An environmentally friendly lighting technology promises not only to save energy but also to transform our indoor environment.
- Computing
Electricity: Cutting the cords
Engineers are working to charge more wireless gadgets — without relying on cords and plugs.
- Earth
Explainer: Telling a tsunami from a seiche
Waves that hit coastlines with ferocious power, tsunamis are one of the planet’s most devastating forces of nature. And seiches: They’re tsunamis little, but still potentially deadly, cousins.
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Enthusiasm and reward for science
Meet the high schoolers who won the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search.
- Materials Science
Battery powered to heal
With its own first-aid kit, this battery can really keep going.
