SCIENCE IN THE NEWS WEEKLY
Stimulus Funds Give Kick to High-Speed Rail
Railroad buffs were treated last week to a report by the Washington Post on how federal stimulus funds are giving a kick to the development of high-speed rail in the U.S. At the moment, American trains may not be the best at moving people, but they're great at moving everything else.
In other technology news, National Geographic looked at the future of ethanol as an alternative fuel. By now, at least some U.S. cars were supposed to be running on it.
New Scientist reported that the Tevatron collider in Illinois, which has been slamming atomic particles together for nearly 30 years, could beat Europe's Large Hadron Collider in the race to find the elusive Higgs boson.
Scientists say a new drug delivery system-- a vaccine patch--could one day eliminate the need for injections, boost the effectiveness of vaccines and even enable people to vaccinate themselves.
Engineers in the Netherlands are working to generate power from the salinity difference between seawater and fresh water. A company there says a test plant should initially be able to deliver 5 kilowatts, which they hope to increase over the next few years.
And, finally, a researcher with a background in 3-D computer modelling and aerospace-material design has teamed up with plastic surgeons and engineers to improve techniques for complicated facial reconstruction.
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