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How One Day Everything Could Be Recycled

Mix 3-D printers and biomimicry and what do you get? Products that are as strong, resilient, versatile--and biodegradable--as most things in nature.
June 19, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

10 More Things We’ve Learned About Dads

Scientists keep finding reasons why fathers matter. They also think it's not a bad idea for dads to ask their kids, "How am I doing?"
June 14, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

Is Dippin’ Dots Still the “Ice Cream of the Future”?

How founder and CEO Curt Jones is trying to keep the tiny ice cream beads from becoming a thing of the past
June 10, 2013 | By K. Annabelle Smith

How Swarming Drones Can Explore a Hurricane

A University of Florida engineer is building a squadron of hand-sized drones that he says will be able to gather data as they ride on hurricane winds
June 07, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

VIDEO: This Helicopter is Controlled Entirely By A Person’s Thoughts

A new device can read your brain patterns to steer a toy helicopter—the mere thought of clenching your right fist veers the chopper right
June 04, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

Why Navy Scientists Want to Mimic Cicadas

No, it's not about learning to live underground for 17 years. It's all about the noise.
June 04, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

Discussion

June 2013 | By Smithsonian magazine

WISSARD camp

Digging for the Secrets Beneath Antarctica

Scientists have found life in the depths beneath the ice
June 2013 | By Erica R. Hendry

World’s Newest Atomic Clock Loses 1 Second Every 50 Billion Years

Tired of your clocks losing time? A new clock, which is the most accurate ever, uses ytterbium atoms and lasers to precisely define a second
May 30, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

How You Use Your Phone May Tip Off Health Problems

Among the new technology geared to preventive health care is a mobile app that tracks your social behavior and has been described as a human "check engine" light
May 30, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

The Robot Revolution Is for the Birds

Look up for robotic ravens and cyborg pigeons
May 24, 2013 | By Jimmy Stamp

8 Things We’ve Learned Lately About Thunder and Lightning

Such as, storms can make your head hurt. And we should expect more turbulence on transatlantic flights.
May 24, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

New York City

Introducing a Special Report on Energy

In a world hungry for power, a new wealth of innovation hopes to keep the engine of industry running for the foreseeable future
May 23, 2013 | By Sarah Zielinski

New York City

Introducing a Special Report on Energy

In a world hungry for power, a new wealth of innovation hopes to keep the engine of industry running for the foreseeable future
May 23, 2013 | By Sarah Zielinski

clean coal

Could ‘Clean Coal’ Finally Live up to Its Name?

An experimental new technology captures more than 99 percent of the carbon dioxide from burning coal
May 23, 2013 | By Dan Ferber

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Good-bye, Gas Guzzlers

What will it take for automakers to deliver a fleet of fuel-sippers?
May 23, 2013 | By Josie Garthwaite

Doctors Use a Dissolvable 3D-Printed Tracheal Splint to Save a Baby’s Life

An infant's collapsing airway now has a device holding it open; as his tissue strengthens, the splint will be absorbed into his body
May 22, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

One Day Your Phone Will Know If You’re Happy or Sad

By analyzing every tiny facial gesture, voice inflection or even how quickly we tap out a text message, devices are getting good at reading our emotions
May 22, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

A Brief History of Robot Birds

The early Greeks and Renaissance artists had birds on their brains
May 22, 2013 | By Jimmy Stamp

Odile Madden

Odile Madden

Materials Scientist & Engineer, Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute
May 20, 2013 | By Smithsonian Magazine's "Future Is Here" Conference


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