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In September of 2011 , the Texas Forest Service reported
that wildfires that had burned for more than two weeks
in Bastrop County had finally been contained . The fire
destroyed 1,554 homes, a record number for a single fire .

One of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history hit
Joplin, Missouri, in May of 2011. It destroyed nearly a
third of the city and damaged about 2,000 buildings.
In August of 2011 , Hurricane Irene moved up the
eastern seaboard and left behind damage estimated Researchers made an ultra-thin, flexible, self-adhesive
at $7 billion. electronic device that can measure brain activity, muscle activity,
breathing and heart rhythm. The Epidermal Electronics System
has a tiny radio transmitter and the person wearing it can move
around freely during monitoring.

Powerful
antibiotic
properties
have been found
in the brains of
cockroaches and
locusts. These
natural antibiotics
are able to kill more
than 90 percent of
bacteria , including
Staphylococcus
aureus, without harming
A functional electrical stimulator (FES) straps to
the leg of recovering stroke patients and sends human cells.
signals to their nerves that help them learn to walk
again. It's a smaller, cheaper version of the complex
electrical system that was used to exercise the
limbs of Christopher Reeve, the Superman actor.