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- Helping Corn Weather The Storm
Technologies developed to protect crops from insects have helped farmers tell bad weather to bug off.
For instance, in-plant insect control developed through biotechnology is helping corn perform even in drought conditions. The technology helps make crops heartier, with a well-protected, fuller root system that enables plants to more effectively absorb limited subsoil moisture and nutrients, a factor that is particularly important during dry spells. - Nuclear Powers. Space Missions
Nuclear technology, used to power space missions, is helping explore what primitive Earth may have been like billions of years ago.
Equipment powered by radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) has been collecting images and data from Titan, a moon of Saturn, whose atmosphere is similar to young Earth. Studying this information could tell us if Titan is able to support some form of life. - How Chemistry Saves Children's Lives
America's children are healthier today than ever before, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health experts.
One important indicator: Life expectancy has nearly doubled in the past 100 years and continues to rise. Today's newborns can expect to live into their 80s, whereas in the early 1900s many died before reaching the age of five. - Digging Up The Facts About Coal
Energy is the lifeblood of modern developed countries worldwide. Continued energy price increases in recent years have had a significant impact on industrial and commercial businesses across the U.S. The successful companies are those that have been able to adapt, downsize or shift their operations offshore; the unsuccessful companies are those that have gone out of business.
A recent study by Management Information Services found an intriguing relationship between business energy prices and the rate of job growth. In recent years, the 10 states with the lowest business energy costs created 60 percent more jobs than the 10 states with the highest energy costs. - Students Make Fishy Friends
Fish are helping to school U.S. students.
Using aquariums in their classrooms, students are incubating and hatching salmon eggs. They then rear them until they're old enough to be released in streams, serving as a fun way to learn about life cycles, fish habitats and the environment. - What Is Rfid?
RFID-radio frequency identification-has been around for more than 60 years. Today, consumers come into contact with this technology in many forms, from the passes used by employees to enter the buildings where they work to payment cards that can simply hover over-rather than be swiped through-a machine to work.
As RFID is increasingly used in people's daily lives, the National Consumers League, the nation's oldest consumer advocacy organization, says that it's important to know what it is and how it works. - Can Technology "chip" Away At Privacy?
A wireless technology that's been around for more than 60 years is raising privacy and security issues for some people.
The technology is RFID-radio frequency identification. Typically, it involves three components: a tag consisting of a microchip and radio antenna; a reader; and a computer system. The tag is attached to or embedded in an item, such as the pass that an employee might use to get into an office building. Information contained on the chip is sent to the reader by radio signals. - On The Road To Creating Real Power From Waves
With 2,069 miles of Atlantic coastline and 7,623 miles of Pacific coastline, America may be in a unique position to put the waters to work, creating an inexpensive, renewable source of energy.
While water power is nothing new, the process behind the latest "wave" of innovation certainly is. Power plants using oscillating water column (OWC) technology are able to harness the power of waves, generating a commercial level of energy that can then be connected to the nation's power grid. The result could be greater self-sufficiency and reduced reliance on foreign energy sources.
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