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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cells

Business | By Emily Singer | 3 Comments

Drugs embedded in special polymers can more effectively shrink tumors.

A Test Ride with the Droid

Communications | 8 Comments

Motorola's new Android-based smart phone is a viable iPhone alternative.

Blog: Google to Connect Friends and Advertisers

Web

New Friend Connect features will let web sites offer personalized information and ads.

Software Listens for Hints of Depression

Biomedicine | 2 Comments

A large-scale trial will test whether software can identify depressed patients.

Blog: A Genetically Engineered Rainbow of Bacteria

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Students showcase a new wave of biological machines.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Implantable Silicon-Silk Electronics: By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 1 Comment; Biodegradable circuits could enable better neural interfaces and LED tattoos.

An App so You'll Never Forget: By Erica Naone | Computing | 3 Comments; Adaptive-learning algorithms calculate how often people need to see information to remember it.

Can Amazon's PayPhrase Combine Convenience with Security?: By Robert Lemos | Web; 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: By Stephen Cass | Energy | 15 Comments

Stealth-Mode Wind Turbines: By Peter Fairley | Energy | 6 Comments; Coatings and composites ease the air-traffic worries dogging wind power.

First Test for Election Cryptography: By Erica Naone | Web | 5 Comments; Novel voting technology will be used in a local government election.

Molecular Sunglasses for Macular Degeneration: By Emily Singer | Biomedicine; Dampening a light-sensing reaction in the eye might slow a common cause of blindness.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Nov • Dec Issue
David Blumenthal: By David Talbot | Computing | 6 Comments; Health IT's billion-dollar man.

Wrapping Solar Cells around an Optical Fiber: By Katherine Bourzac | Energy | 1 Comment; Dye-sensitized cells get a double boost from nanowires and optical fiber.

Ultracapacitor Startup Gets a Big Boost: By Erika Jonietz | Business | 1 Comment; An energy storage startup gets new government funding.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Testing Cheap Wind Power: By Peter Fairley | Energy | 6 Comments; A continuously variable transmission could lead to cheaper wind power--if it is rugged enough.

Electrifying Brain Tumors: By Lauren Gravitz | Biomedicine | 2 Comments; Combined with chemotherapy, electric fields help prevent the growth of deadly brain tumors.

Nov • Dec Issue
A Note on the Type: By Joshua J. Friedman | Web | 1 Comment; Font designers imagine a better-looking Web.

Software That Fixes Itself: By Erica Naone | Computing | 10 Comments; A new tool aims to fix misbehaving programs without shutting them down.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Nov • Dec Issue
How the Modiv Shopper Works: By Erica Naone | Computing | 1 Comment; Using data mined from consumers to target advertising on the spot.

High-Energy Batteries Coming to Market: By Kevin Bullis | Business | 13 Comments; Rechargeable zinc-air batteries can store three times the energy of a lithium-ion battery.

Muscle-Bound Computer Interface: By Kate Greene | Computing; Forearm electrodes could enable new forms of hands-free computer interaction.

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Laser-Powered Robot Climbers Race Into the Sky: by Brittany Sauser | 11/4/2009
U.S. Solar Startups Struggling to Compete with Chinese Firms: by Katherine Bourzac | 11/4/2009 | 1 Comment
Google to Connect Friends and Advertisers: by Erica Naone | 11/4/2009
Gamma Ray Astronomy: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: by kfc | 11/4/2009

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