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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Business | By Emily Singer | 3 Comments
Drugs embedded in special polymers can more effectively shrink tumors.
Motorola's new Android-based smart phone is a viable iPhone alternative.
New Friend Connect features will let web sites offer personalized information and ads.
A large-scale trial will test whether software can identify depressed patients.
Students showcase a new wave of biological machines.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Implantable Silicon-Silk Electronics
Biodegradable circuits could enable better neural interfaces and LED tattoos.
An App so You'll Never Forget
Adaptive-learning algorithms calculate how often people need to see information to remember it.
Can Amazon's PayPhrase Combine Convenience with Security?
Amazon hopes its latest payment technology will steal its competitors' thunder.
Monday, November 02, 2009
Nov • Dec Issue
Getting Beyond Petroleum Won't Be Easy
Stealth-Mode Wind Turbines
Coatings and composites ease the air-traffic worries dogging wind power.
First Test for Election Cryptography
Novel voting technology will be used in a local government election.
Molecular Sunglasses for Macular Degeneration
Dampening a light-sensing reaction in the eye might slow a common cause of blindness.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Nov • Dec Issue
David Blumenthal
Health IT's billion-dollar man.
Wrapping Solar Cells around an Optical Fiber
Dye-sensitized cells get a double boost from nanowires and optical fiber.
Ultracapacitor Startup Gets a Big Boost
An energy storage startup gets new government funding.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Testing Cheap Wind Power
A continuously variable transmission could lead to cheaper wind power--if it is rugged enough.
Electrifying Brain Tumors
Combined with chemotherapy, electric fields help prevent the growth of deadly brain tumors.
Nov • Dec Issue
A Note on the Type
Font designers imagine a better-looking Web.
Software That Fixes Itself
A new tool aims to fix misbehaving programs without shutting them down.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Nov • Dec Issue
How the Modiv Shopper Works
Using data mined from consumers to target advertising on the spot.
High-Energy Batteries Coming to Market
Rechargeable zinc-air batteries can store three times the energy of a lithium-ion battery.
Muscle-Bound Computer Interface
Forearm electrodes could enable new forms of hands-free computer interaction.
Smarter IT
Smarter IT
Smarter information technology can give businesses the competitive edge. From cloud computing and new web services to greener data centers and better security management, explore the ways IT is evolving to meet demand.
An Operating System for the Cloud
Google is developing a new computing platform equal to the Internet era. Should Microsoft be worried?

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After a century’s dominance, the fossil-fuel-powered internal combustion engine is facing serious challengers. What will the future of transportation look like? Explore articles, video, and interactive diagrams.

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