Articles By Gene Charleton : Discovery News

High Tech for Highway Safety

Posted Tue Oct 19, 2010 08:37 AM ET | 0

Roadways embedded with sensors working with GPS devices in cars could save lives. Read more

Borrowing from Butterflies

Posted Thu Sep 23, 2010 01:00 AM ET | 0

Researchers have figured out how to assemble their own butterfly wing colors by putting together layers of material, sometimes only atoms thick. Read more

Printing in Three Dimensions

Posted Fri Sep 10, 2010 03:00 AM ET | 0

Forget flat; these printers deliver 3D objects in full color. Read more

Materials Engineering, Long Ago

Posted Thu Sep 9, 2010 03:00 AM ET | 0

Hundreds of years before Charles Goodyear figured it out, the Mayans turned latex into rubber. Read more

Flying in Sunshine

Posted Wed Sep 8, 2010 03:00 AM ET | 0

This plane runs on sun. Read more

Cell Phone Sees in the Dark

Posted Fri Aug 20, 2010 08:45 AM ET | 0

New tech is shrinking night-vision goggles down to the size of a nickel. Read more

The Dark Side of High Tech

Posted Thu Aug 19, 2010 07:00 AM ET | 0

Sometimes the sheer volume of data we get can overwhelm us. Read more

Channel Your Personal Power

Posted Tue Aug 17, 2010 03:00 AM ET | 0

A biofuel cell implanted in your arm could use oxygen and sugar to generate electricity. Read more

Move Over, NASA, The Entrepreneurs Are Coming

Posted Mon Aug 16, 2010 03:00 AM ET | 0

Private companies are pushing to take over pieces of what used to be NASA’s exclusive turf. Read more

Traffic Jam: Build It and They Will Come

Posted Thu Aug 12, 2010 08:48 AM ET | 0

Experts are divided about the solutions to traffic jams. Read more

Move Over Hydrogen, Make Way for Magnesium Power

Posted Thu Aug 12, 2010 08:12 AM ET | 0

Magnesium stores about 10 times as much energy as hydrogen. Read more

Changing Lanes in China

Posted Fri Jul 9, 2010 06:09 AM ET | 0

One unique proposal for a bridge linking Hong Kong to the mainland. Read more

A New Look at an Old Engine

Posted Fri Jul 2, 2010 06:16 AM ET | 0

To hear some people tell it, the internal combustion engine is dead. But engineers are coming up with new ways to improve the engine's efficiency. Read more

Even Batteries are Bigger in Texas

Posted Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:05 AM ET | 0

Large-scale batteries could help even out the electrical highs and lows in a future power grid that depends on intermittent wind and solar energy. Read more

Crows are Feathered Engineers

Posted Thu Jun 10, 2010 04:00 AM ET | 0

Most engineers walk around on two feet and wear trousers.Also outside the cage was a long stick, long enough to reach the food but farther than the crows could reach. Read more