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Friday, May 09, 2008

Archiving <br>E-mail Effectively
Archiving
E-mail Effectively
The White House's recent problems archiving e-mail could be solved by emerging technologies.
A Faster Way to Detect Heart Attacks
A Faster Way to Detect Heart Attacks
A diagnostic chip tests saliva to determine if someone is having a heart attack.
Social Networking Meets Personal Finance
Social Networking Meets Personal Finance
Web-based startups offer social features that help people make better financial decisions.

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Thursday, May 08, 2008
Building the Zero-Emissions City
A city being built in Abu Dhabi will serve as a large-scale test for renewable energy.
Tiny Blood Pumps for Failing Hearts
A new heart aid could be implanted without invasive surgery.
Biologists Enlist Online Gamers
Players of a new game will design HIV vaccines and other proteins.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Focusing on Solar's Cost
Sunrgi claims that its concentrated photovoltaic system outshines the competition.
Flocking Together on the Web
A new Web browser unifies access to multiple social networks.
Stopping Ship-Whale Collisions
A detection system picks up the calls of right whales and warns ships.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
The Candidates on Technology
Find out where Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain stand on key technology issues, such as privacy, net neutrality, stem cell research, and biofuels.
Nanowires for Displays
Copper nanowires could be used in ultra-thin field-emission displays that are brighter and sharper than flat-panel displays.
Better Reading on the Small Screen
A research project could help people transfer paper documents to their phones and read them more easily.
Monday, May 05, 2008
HP Rewires Electronics
A fundamental new electronic device could lead to denser, faster kinds of memory, and processing chips that act more like the brain.
Whole-Body Gaming
New software makes it easier to build games controlled by a user's body position.
May • Jun Issue
Recommendation Nation
Learning to love customers like you.
Friday, May 02, 2008
$100 Laptop Program's New President
Charles Kane thinks industry partnerships will boost the laptop's marketability.
Breath Analyzer Monitors Drug Compliance
A new device could lead to better clinical trials.
Biology's Next Breakthroughs
Biotech pioneer Leroy Hood explains how systems biology will impact medicine.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Open-Source, Multitouch Display
Engineers are building inexpensive, tabletop, touch-screen displays and sharing the instructions online.
Blind Mice See the Light
Researchers adapt an algal protein to reengineer sight into a broken visual circuit.
A Price Drop for Solar Panels
The silicon shortage that has kept solar electricity expensive is ending.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
May • Jun Issue
An Electrifying Startup
A new lithium-ion battery from A123 Systems could help electric cars and hybrids come to dominate the roads.
Gene Sequencing for the Masses
A genomics pioneer's sequencing machine comes to market.
A Compact Chemical Sensor
A portable array of lasers could be used to monitor pollution and detect toxins.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
May • Jun Issue
The Making of a New Collider
The biggest physics experiment ever, CERN's new particle accelerator, goes live this summer.
Nano RNA Delivery
Novel delivery agents could mean a more targeted way to turn off disease genes.
My Brain on Booze
A unique EEG test reveals how alcohol sets the brain aglow.
The Future of Business Technology
Taking Apart the Livescribe Pulse
What are the new technologies that organizations are exploring to better manage their operations? What innovations that will make your business more competitive?
Taking Apart the Livescribe Pulse
See the inner workings of the Livescribe Pulse, a computerized pen that gives handwritten notes audio support.
Better Batteries
Electric Cars Primer
The lack of efficient and dependable batteries limits the development of everything from portable electronics to hybrid vehicles. But new batteries made using nanotechnology are offering smaller, more efficient, and safer alternatives.
Electric Cars Primer
Hybrids, plug-ins, and extended-range electric cars are hitting the market. Use this interactive primer to learn how they work.
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Despite Widespread Reservations, United States, China, and Exxon All Move Forward on Carbon Sequestration
Money is pouring into carbon sequestration projects worldwide, but ultimately sequestration on the scale needed to reduce carbon emissions won't happen without regulations that make them expensive.
$271 Million for Research on Stem Cells in California
California’s taxpayer-backed stem-cell program has awarded its largest grants yet. But federal impediments to stem-cell research may end with the next president.
Google Denies Staff "Brain Drain"
A number of seasoned Googlers are taking new jobs at Facebook, which isn’t surprising considering that the social-networking startup has momentum similar to Google’s in its early days.
New Ford 6-Speed Automatic Bumps Escape Mileage 4-6 percent
Automakers continue to trot out simple gas-saving improvements that could have been implemented years ago, such as adding gears to transmissions to reduce engine speeds while cruising.
Top Billing for Platypus at End of Evolution Tree
The genome of this venomous, egg-laying, duck-billed mammal reveals both mammalian and reptilian elements and sheds light on how the bizarre creature evolved.

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