Extreme Engineering (January 2005)
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Cover; Extreme Engineering; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

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The Longest Suspension Bridge; Extreme Engineering; by Satoshi Kashima and Makoto Kitagawa; 4 Page(s)

The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge has broken many records and weathered an earthquake--even while it is being completed (originally published December 1997)

Little Big Science; Extreme Engineering; by Gary Stix; 5 Page(s)

Nanotechnology is all the rage. But will it meet its ambitious goals? And what the heck is it? (originally published September 2001)

Growing New Organs; Extreme Engineering; by David J. Mooney and Antonios G. Mikos; 6 Page(s)

Researchers have taken the first steps toward creating semisynthetic, living organs that can be used as human replacement parts (originally published April 1999)

Synthetic Life; Extreme Engineering; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 7 Page(s)

Biologists are crafting libraries of interchangeable DNA parts and assembling them inside microbes to create programmable, living machines (originally published May 2004)

Electrodynamic Tethers in Space; Extreme Engineering; by Enrico Lorenzini and Juan Sanmart¿n; 8 Page(s)

By exploiting fundamental physical laws, tethers may provide low-cost eletrical power, drag, thrust, and artificial gravity for spaceflight (originally published August 2004)

Flying on Flexible Wings; Extreme Engineering; by Steven Ashley; 7 Page(s)

Future aircraft may fly more like birds, adapting geometrics of their wings to best suit changing flight conditions (originally published November 2003)

Building a Brainier Mouse; Extreme Engineering; by Joe Z. Tsien; 7 Page(s)

By genetically engineering a smarter than average mouse, scientists have assembled some of the central molecular components of learning and memory (originally published April 2000)

The Spirit of Exploration; Extreme Engineering; by George Musser; 6 Page(s)

NASA's rover fights the curse of the Angry Red Planet (originally published March 2004)