Ranking Winter Storms

CAMP SPRINGS, Md. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- When a winter storm hits, so do delays and headaches. Do you stockpile candles and canned goods or prepare the ice scraper and expect a difficult drive to work tomorrow?

Flu Fighter

BOULDER, Colo. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Each year Americans rush to get their flu shots before they get sick. But what if the "bug bites" before the vaccine works?

Smart Cars

BERKELEY, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Five grand, 15 grand, 50 grand -- you get what you pay for in a car. But a sweet ride doesn't guarantee a safe ride.

Smart Meters Save $

SAN FRANCISCO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- During the winter, we crank up the heat. During the summer, we turn up the air. And all the time we're eating up electricity. Now a new smart meter may help to save energy and save money.

De-Bugging Your Food

DAVIS, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Before your food makes it to your refrigerator or even the supermarket, it often starts on a farm. And with the lay of the land comes a farmer's worst nightmare! They're creepy. They're crawly. And you want 'em gone. We're talking about bugs, and if they get under your skin, just imagine how farmers feel.

Crime Alert! Molding Fingerprints

TORONTO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Increased airport security ... Better police forensics work ... Even improved bridge and building safety. These are all the tremendous possibilities stemming from a new material that's 20-times thinner than a strand of human hair.

What Color is A?

WATERLOO, Ontario (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- What does yellow taste like? What color is the letter M? Not usual questions you hear, but some people's senses are actually joined together. It's called synesthesia. For years, synesthesia was dismissed as the product of someone's overactive imagination. But in the past decade, researchers have documented hundreds of cases of otherwise normal people ... Who have these extraordinary blended senses.

Targeting Cancer in 3-D

CHICAGO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- More than half of all cancer patients will have radiation therapy. Planning treatment is tough for doctors because they have to look at stagnant images and visualize exactly where a tumor is located. Now, a 3-D dome gives them a better view.

Latest in LASIK

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- In just a few minutes ... LASIK eye surgery has Kelli Tette, saying goodbye to glasses! "I can see so much better than I ever did even with my glasses or contacts on," she says.

Life From Other Planets?

SAN MARCOS, Texas (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- What started as a chance of a lifetime was shattered by tragedy. Microbiologist Sandra Becerra and her classmates watched as their experiments went up on Space Shuttle Columbia in January 2003 ... And again as they fell to earth when Columbia broke apart.

Virtual Human Body

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- We all know what we look like on the outside, but what about inside our bodies? Virtual reality usually flies us through imaginary worlds. Now a new one flies through the real world of the human body.

Earthquake Test: Building Better Homes

BUFFALO, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Homes are made to withstand the test of time. But the ultimate test is one that can survive a large-scale earthquake. And simulating an earthquake in a lab helps improve homes in real quake zones.

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