Popular Science 1996 - Abstracts

Popular Science 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
A plague on all our houses. (infectious diseases)(Includes related articles)Science and technologyRobert Cooke
A real bullet train.Science and technologyRay Nelson
A wake-up call from Kobe. (building codes against earthquakes)(includes related article on California's building code)Science and technologyDenis Normile
Batman! (bat expert Merlin Tuttle) (includes related articles on little known facts about bats, their sonar system and how to make a bat box)Science and technologyRobert Gannon
Body basics. (information on the human body)Science and technologyWilliam L. Thieriot
Bomb stoppers. (structural design for anti-terrorism)Science and technologySteve Nadis
Booster rocket blues. (China's Long March booster rocket)(Special Issue: China Science & Technology)Science and technologyFrank Vizard
Brave new electronic transactions. (electronic cash)Science and technologyRobin Nelson
Breaking the skin barrier. (research on transdermal drug delivery systems)(includes related article on innovative drug delivery systems)Science and technologyIngrid Wickelgren
Can NASA be saved from itself?Science and technologyFreeman J. Dyson
CDC - disease central for the whole world. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Science and technologyRobert Cooke
Driver's edge: an IndyCar driver describes the delicate balance of high technology and a racer's instinct.(Cover Story)Science and technologyTony Swan, Bobby Rahal
Driver's edge. (Indianapolis 500 automobile race)Science and technologyTony Swan, Bobby Rahal
ENIAC: the birth of the information age. (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)Science and technologyGregory C. Farrington
Essential technology guide: education. (the role of computers and the Internet in present education system)Science and technology 
Essential technology guide. (to the Olympics)Science and technologyRobin Nelson
Fall home remodeling ideas.(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Far-out museums. (unusual museums)Science and technologyJudith Anne Gunther
Fire of the dragon: China's missiles are its new force of arms.(Special Issue: China Science & Technology)Science and technologyMark Farmer
Get set for the super disc. (includes related article on digital videodisc standards for CD-ROMS)Science and technologyDennis Normile
Happier landings. (Global Positioning System-based landing system)Science and technologyRobert Langreth
How safe is your water? (includes related articles)Science and technologyMark D. Uehling
Indy Car '96: a race to the finish. (background on the Indy Car race program)(Special Advertising Section.)Science and technologyMichael Morris Killanin Lord
Jaguar XK8: the return of a legend.Science and technologyKen Gross
Letter from China: tilting toward prosperity.(Special Issue: China Science & Technology)Science and technologyDonald Shanor, Constance Shanor
Lithium-ion hits the road. (lithium-ion car batteries)Science and technologyDennis Normile
Microwave Doppler foils thieves.Science and technologyD. Scott
Missy in action. (mountain biker Missy Giove)Science and technologyRichard Needham
Mr. Potato-head: future astronaut. (potatoes as oxygen producers)Science and technologyMichael Carroll
New directions for GPS. (Global Positioning System)(includes related article on the Magellan GPS 4000 receiver and the GPS plus GLONASS)Science and technologyFrank Vizard
New Year's view. (Panasonic Co.'s Astrovision Giant Display Screen)Science and technologyHank Schlesinger
Our cosmic 'hood. (the solar system)Science and technologyMariette DiChristina, William Thieriot
Outward bound. (includes related article on the downsized spacecraft of the New Millenium program)Science and technologyJim Schefter
Pay dirt. (soil research)Science and technologyIngrid Wickelgren
Plunder goes high tech. (China's software piracy business)(Special Issue: China Science & Technology)Science and technologyStephen A. Booth
Power houses. (solar cells for house roofs)Science and technologyJudith Anne Gunther
Private numbers. (telephone communication)Science and technologyMark Uehling
Recombinant detergent.Science and technologyAlan Zibel
Satellite TV comes down to Earth. (includes related articles on how to buy satellite TV, on-screen menus and TV signal piracy)Science and technologyStephen Booth
Shopping the Net. (Internet)(includes related article)Science and technologyLouis Ericson
Small wonders: the tiniest phones. (cellular phones)(Evaluation)Science and technologySuzanne Kantra Kirschner
Stealth Comanche. (attack helicopter)Science and technologyBill Sweetman
The body builders. (tissue engineering)Science and technologyEdward Edelson
The electric experience. (General Motors Corp.'s EV1 electic car)Science and technologyRon Cogan
The great balloon race.(competition to complete the first around-the-world balloon voyage)Science and technologyRobert Gannon
The last harvest. (seed samples stored at the National Seed Storage Laboratory of the Colorado State University)Science and technologyPaul Raeburn
The next energy crisis? (efficient energy use vs. producing more power)Science and technologyAmory Lovins, Hunter Lovins
The next home computer. (personal computers)Science and technology 
Treasure islands. (Kuril Archipelago islands in Japan)Science and technologyKatie Sauter
Unplugged! (improvements in battery powered tools)(includes related article on the "one battery fits all" concept in power tools)Science and technologyJudy Anne Gunther
VentureStar: 21st century space shuttle. (includes related article on space launchers)(Cover Story)Science and technologyBill Sweetman
Warfare in the information age. (military technology)Science and technologyTony Capaccio, Mary Greczyn
Why airplanes crash. (includes related articles)Science and technologyJerome Greer Chandler
Window on the open ocean. (Monterey Bay Aquarium, California)Science and technologyMary Miller
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