Dartmouth Formula Racing Wins for Best Electric Car

Dartmouth Formula Racing Wins for Best Electric Car

Dartmouth students built a high performance electric car—and last week drove it to victory.

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Nation’s Only Formula Hybrid Competition Preps for 7th Year

Nation’s Only Formula Hybrid Competition Preps for 7th Year

The competition, run by Thayer School of Engineering, features hybrid and electric race cars.

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Yeti Robot Detects Polar Dangers (<em>National Geographic</em>)

Yeti Robot Detects Polar Dangers (National Geographic)

“Undergraduates designed and fabricated a very reliable robot,” says Thayer School’s Laura Ray.

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Beware the Rise of the Robo-Grader (Marketplace)

Beware the Rise of the Robo-Grader (Marketplace)

Dartmouth’s Joshua Kim talks about new technology that grades student essays without teacher input.

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Scientists Create New Tools for Battling Secondhand Smoke

Scientists Create New Tools for Battling Secondhand Smoke

Dartmouth researchers make a breakthrough in secondhand smoke exposure technology.

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The Space Weathermen

The Space Weathermen

Researchers at Thayer School are developing ways to help protect technology from solar storms.

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Robot Is Changing the Game of Antarctic Science (<em>Wired</em>)

Robot Is Changing the Game of Antarctic Science (Wired)

Designed by Thayer School’s Laura Ray and her team, Yeti is the perfect robot for the job.

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Confronting Mercury Contamination in the Environment

Confronting Mercury Contamination in the Environment

The Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program at Dartmouth formed C-MERC in 2010 to draw attention to the global problem of mercury contamination in marine fish.

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Dartmouth Leads Research on Digital Information Management

Dartmouth Leads Research on Digital Information Management

An Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant provided funding for a project researching the challenges of information and records storage in the digital age.

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Privacy Worries Go Far Beyond Emails (CNN)

Privacy Worries Go Far Beyond Emails (CNN)

“Privacy depends on social norms, professional ethics, organizational policies, legal rules and regulations, and technical standards,” writes Dartmouth’s Denise Anthony.

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