| Looking beyond 'green skies' to predict tornadoes Scientists are looking at whether tornado prediction technology can improve and whether climate change is making twisters more frequent. Read the full story For biofuels, looking past early adoption Honeywell UOP's Jim Rekoske explains why the U.S. military is right to experiment with renewable biofuels, and what it will take to push them into the mainstream. Read the full story Word Lens: Using your smartphone to translate language San Francisco software developer Octavio Good created Word Lens, an app that uses your smartphone's camera to translate language from English to Spanish and vice versa. SmartPlanet takes a trip with Good through San Francisco's Mission District to test out the app. Read the full story NHTSA to require 'black box' for vehicles; raises privacy concerns The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expected to declare that all vehicles must contain an event data recorder, known colloquially as a "black box." Read the full story To protect rainforest, Liberia barcodes every tree Liberia and the European Union signed a deal to prevent illegal logging activity but still support its burgeoning forestry industry: track every tree with a barcode. Read the full story For Mattel, sustainability starts with child's play Packaging reduction and composting are central to toymaker's existing program, but company has identified annual savings of 9 million gallons of Read the full story Metamaterials could power cell phones, computers without wires A new kind of metamaterial might be used to charge laptops and cell phones (and even cars) wirelessly. Read the full story Making photosynthesis more energy efficient Solar cells might be more efficient than plants at using the sun's energy. But researchers say there are ways scientists can give photosynthesis an energy-efficient boost. Read the full story Video: X3 Eurocopter may usher in world's fastest helicopters On May 12th, their X3 prototype completed a flight test in which it was able to fly steadily at an average speed of 267 mph. Read the full story Nanopatch for heart, repairs damage from heart attack When someone has a heart attack, part of the heart dies. Researchers at Brown University have created a nanopatch that can repair areas that have been damaged. Read the full story University moves toward powering Florida with the Gulf Stream Florida Atlantic University is testing an offshore turbine that will generate power from the Gulf Stream. The university believes that up to 1/3 of the state's power could come from tidal power. Read the full story Guts & Brains: stomach bugs linked to goings-on in the head New studies show that an ulcer-causing bacterium may trigger Parkinson's and that digestive problems may hardwire the brain for depression. Read the full story With lenticular flooring, a way to guide pedestrian traffic Lenticular flooring from Japanese researchers takes a design approach to solving a simple city problem: how do you direct pedestrian foot traffic? Read the full story What we're reading: high-tech monocle Drone vision on the battlefield; future of yesterday's transport; a railway for investment; workforce of the future; reflections on American cities. Read the full story Natural pain relief with no opioids, no side effects? Isolated from a tropical flowering plant, conolidine kills pain like morphine without going through any of the major neurotransmitters associated with opiates, chemists show. Read the full story Using body heat from crowds to heat buildings Two projects in Europe will capture body heat from crowds to heat nearby buildings. Read the full story Obama goes volcanic The president is due to fly from Ireland to London on Tuesday. But a volcano in Iceland - the land of geothermal energy - once again threatens European air travel. Will he make the flight? Read the full story As climate changes, Chicago prepares for warmer future Chicago leads the nation in implementing infrastructure changes to combat the effects of climate change. Read the full story | 
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