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"Discovery Files" Features from the National Science Foundation
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FOR THIS GENERATION, THE POWER'S IN THE MOVEMENT. THE "DISCOVERY FILES": NEW ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. BY NOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF NANOTECHNOLOGY: BUILDING DEVICES THAT ARE VERY, VERY SMALL--MICROSCOPIC, IN FACT. NANO-MACHINES ARE GREAT--BUT, IF THEY NEED LARGE POWER SOURCES, IT KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE. RESEARCHERS MAY HAVE FOUND A WAY TO POWER THESE DEVICES, USING INCREDIBLY TINY STRANDS OF WIRE. THROUGH A BENDING MOTION OF THE WIRES, A SMALL ELECTRICAL CHARGE IS GENERATED. THIS DISCOVERY COULD SPARK A NEW GENERATION OF MICROSCOPIC MACHINES THAT ARE COMPLETELY SELF-POWERED. IMAGINE MEDICAL IMPLANTS OR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT GENERATE THEIR OWN POWER WHEN THE USER'S BODY-MOTION MOVES THE WIRES. A NEW GENERATION OF POWER FOR A VERY SMALL WORLD. THE "DISCOVERY FILES" COVERS PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOU! LEARN MORE AT "N-S-F"-DOT-GOV.
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