SciFri Radio: Inventions

SciFri Radio: Solar Sail Spacecraft
The Planetary Society plans to power a spacecraft using the pressure of sunlight reflecting off huge solar sails.

SciFri Radio: Synthetic Biology Competition
We'll get the results of a recent student competition centered around the design and construction of living machines.

SciFri Radio: Building Circuits Using DNA
Researchers take the first step towards using the structure of DNA to build tiny circuits.

SciFri Radio: Voting Machine Update
A computer scientist discusses the “hack-ability” of voting machines and election security.

SciFri Radio: Cell Phone Microscope
Researchers describe an portable fluorescent microscope they've built using a cell phone and inexpensive parts.

SciFri Radio: Hydrogen Storage in Chicken Feathers?
Researchers say they've come up with a new material for storing hydrogen fuel -- carbonized chicken feathers.

SciFri Radio: Future of Nuclear Energy
Where does nuclear energy fit into the nation's future mix of power sources?

SciFri Radio: The Invention of the Telescope
We'll look back on 400 years of telescopes.

SciFri Radio: Green DIY
Didn't get enough Earth Day this week? We'll talk about simple green projects you can undertake using objects around your house.

SciFri Radio: Better Brewing through Synthetic Biology?
Researchers have developed a more reliable approach to synthetic biology, the assembly of genetic 'standard parts' to create an organism with...

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Inventions

Newsbrief: A Better Backpack
Over-sized rubberbands can make a 60-pound backpack feel ten pounds lighter.

Newsbrief: Garbage Truck 2.0
Part refinery, part generator, a new portable machine eats trash and makes fuel.

Newsbrief: Better Off Bumpy
At one atom thick, graphene is as thin as it gets, but it's not flat.

Newsbrief: Just One Word
There may indeed be a great future in plastics. A researcher is working on a recipe for a plastic that dissolves in seawater.

Newsbrief: Crystal Ball
Researchers have grown a crystal that bends in light. Under the right rays, the crystal can even catapult a gold ball ninety times heavier than...

Newsbrief: Liquid Mirror Lunar Telescope
Using liquid for the telescope's mirror could let scientists see deeper into the Universe than ever before.

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