<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Why Files &#187; Technology</title>
	<atom:link href="http://whyfiles.org/category/all/theme/technology-2/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://whyfiles.org</link>
	<description>The Science Behind The News</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:34:16 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Nanotech</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/nanotech/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2009/nanotech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Subject]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 5-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 9-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Properties in matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Structures and properties of matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buckyball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.N. R. Rao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[composite material]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[material science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanocarbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanostructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanotechnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanotube]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polymer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[synergy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=2697</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Adding nanotubes makes a stronger plastic, but adding several nano-structures greatly increases the benefit, according to a new study from India. Read about the frontier of material science.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whyfiles.org/2009/nanotech/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New battery technology allows fast charge and discharge</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/new-battery-technology-allows-fast-charge-and-discharge/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2009/new-battery-technology-allows-fast-charge-and-discharge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Subject]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemical reactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 5-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 9-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transfer of energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell phone battery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discharge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric car battery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast charging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast discharging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast recharging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lithium ion movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lithium-ion battery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lithium-iron-phosphate battery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plug-in hybrid battery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By tweaking the conventional recipe, researchers have sped up electricity movement in a lithium battery by 100X.  Want to charge your electric car in minutes or your phone in seconds?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whyfiles.org/2009/new-battery-technology-allows-fast-charge-and-discharge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fuel Faves: Coffee meets diesel!</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/fuel-faves-coffee-meets-diesel/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2009/fuel-faves-coffee-meets-diesel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Subject]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemical reactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 5-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 9-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural hazards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science and technology in society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science in Personal and Social Perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transfer of energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wacky science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transesterification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oils in spent coffee grounds are easily converted into biodiesel -- a renewable source of transportation energy. Bottoms up for CofFuel? ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whyfiles.org/2009/fuel-faves-coffee-meets-diesel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Economic stimulus = just pouring concrete?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/economic-stimulus-pouring-concrete/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2008/economic-stimulus-pouring-concrete/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Subject]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 5-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 9-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History and Nature of Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature of science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science history & process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building the economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grant applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Institutes of Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Science Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[putting people to work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scientific infrastructure]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama decides that current and new grant applications at the National Institutes of Health are an effective economic stimulus. People get jobs. Inventions get invented. What's not to like?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whyfiles.org/2008/economic-stimulus-pouring-concrete/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New concern as ocean grows more acidic</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/new-concern-as-ocean-grows-more-acidic/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2008/new-concern-as-ocean-grows-more-acidic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Subject]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 5-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 9-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Populations, resources, and environments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science in Personal and Social Perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon dioxide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fossil fuel pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ocean acidification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ocean acidity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sonar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stranding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Each hour,  the ocean dissolves 1 million tons of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuel. As the water grows more acidic, sound travels further. What will happen to marine mammals, which rely on an exquisite sense of hearing?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whyfiles.org/2008/new-concern-as-ocean-grows-more-acidic/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Running short of copper, phosphorus, rare elements</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/running-short-of-copper-phosphorus-rare-elements/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2008/running-short-of-copper-phosphorus-rare-elements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Subject]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 5-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 9-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Properties in matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science and Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Structures and properties of matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Understandings about science and technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biosolids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copper recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copper shortage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[element shortages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phosphorus fertilizer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phosphorus recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prevent future shortages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rare earth elements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock phosphate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without phosphorus fertilizer, millions would starve. A shortage of copper -- and electricity -- could short-circuit our economy. Without many obscure elements, we would not have LCDs and cell phones. Should we act to prevent future shortages?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whyfiles.org/2008/running-short-of-copper-phosphorus-rare-elements/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Questioning candidates</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/questioning-candidates/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2008/questioning-candidates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Subject]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 5-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 9-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science and Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Understandings about science and technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peak oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presidential campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The candidates are skirting issues related to environment, energy and science policy. Heard promising plans for greener energy, solid science advice, or coping with the decline of oil? We neither...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whyfiles.org/2008/questioning-candidates/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Electric eye learns from animal eye!</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/electric-eye-learns-from-animal-eye/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2008/electric-eye-learns-from-animal-eye/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body parts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Subject]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 5-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 9-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motions and forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Structure and function in living systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Understandings about science and technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back of camera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curved light detector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexible electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hemispheric light detector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photodetector]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lenses cannot project a perfect image on the flat back of a camera, so images are distorted at the edges. A revolutionary camera solves this problem by curving the light detector.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whyfiles.org/2008/electric-eye-learns-from-animal-eye/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Laser: The invention that just won&#8217;t quit!</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/laser-the-invention-that-just-wont-quit/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2008/laser-the-invention-that-just-wont-quit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Subject]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 5-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 9-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Properties in matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Structures and properties of matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemical identification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eye surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiber-optic communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influenza virus structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laser applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laser history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laser invention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laser-assisted machining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lasers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lidar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spectroscopy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecommunication]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1057</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lasers read and write CDs and DVDs, form the heart of fiber-optics, and are being used in climate prediction, chemical identification, high-tech manufacturing, even the battle against influenza.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whyfiles.org/2008/laser-the-invention-that-just-wont-quit/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gulf of Mexico: Dealing with the Dead Zone</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/gulf-of-mexico-dealing-with-the-dead-zone/</link>
		<comments>http://whyfiles.org/2008/gulf-of-mexico-dealing-with-the-dead-zone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Subject]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[By Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment & pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 5-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grades 9-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science in Personal and Social Perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control dead zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control fertilizer runoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dead zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fertilizer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hypoxia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low oxygen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mississippi River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nitrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nitrogen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phosphorus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shellfish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wetland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When too much fertilizer reaches the Gulf of Mexico through the Mississippi River, a vast area gets robbed of oxygen. What can be done to reduce the dead zone that appears each summer?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whyfiles.org/2008/gulf-of-mexico-dealing-with-the-dead-zone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
