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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Gasifying Biomass with Sunlight

Energy | By Tyler Hamilton | 4 Comments

A solar-driven process could yield far more fuel than conventional biomass production.

Patching the Security Update Process

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Security firm aims to make installing updates as painless and invisible as possible.

Faster Healing for Severe Fractures

Biomedicine | 6 Comments

A simple method uses stem cells from bone tissue to repair serious injuries quickly and cheaply.

Blog: New Charging Method Could Slash Battery Recharge Times

Apply an oscillating electric field to the anode of a lithium battery and the recharge time drops dramatically, say chemists.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Catalysts for Plastic Recycling: By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 2 Comments; Chemical process can recycle PET bottles at lower temperatures.

A Vision for Personalized Medicine: By Emily Singer | Biomedicine | 4 Comments; Genomics pioneer Leroy Hood says a coming revolution in medicine will bring enormous new opportunities.

Mapping the Malicious Web: By Robert Lemos | Web; Analyzing the connections between sites could help spot Web attacks.

Monday, March 08, 2010

Ultra-Efficient Gas Engine Passes Test: By Kevin Bullis | Energy | 44 Comments; A novel fuel-injection system achieves 64 miles per gallon.

Getting More from Location Data: By Christopher Mims | Communications; Companies are working to add value to geospatial information.

Drag-and-Drop into the Cloud: By Erica Naone | Computing | 1 Comment; A startup promises a painless way to move existing software.

Friday, March 05, 2010

Hunting Mobile Threats in Memory: By Erica Naone | Communications | 1 Comment; New software aims to expose mobile malware by monitoring a device's memory usage.

Magnetic Solder to Wire 3-D Chips: By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 1 Comment; The lead-free material may make it easier and cheaper to make "stacked" chips with more computing power.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

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Scaling Up Solar Power: By Katherine Bourzac | Materials; Applied materials makes the equipment needed to produce the world's biggest solar panels.

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Reinventing the Commercial Jet: By David Talbot | Computing | 11 Comments; The long-delayed Boeing 787 is a lesson in the limits of outsourcing. It is also a preview of the future of air travel.

Making More Solar Cells from Silicon: By Kevin Bullis | Energy; 1366 Technologies hopes to cut the cost of solar with cheaper manufacturing.

Faster Optical Switching Through Chemistry: By Erika Jonietz | Materials | 1 Comment; Specially designed molecules could lead to all-optical data switches that could make the Internet far faster.

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

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Technology Commercialized: By TR Editors | Energy | 2 Comments; Hybrid Moped, Wireless Power, Pocket Projector, Faster Portable Drive, Plastic Paper, TV on the Go, Digital Leash, Toy Drone, Hydrogen on Demand, Speed Sensor, Bionic Finger, and Graphic Graphene.

Mar • Apr Issue
A Rose by Another Name: By Corby Kummer | Biomedicine | 1 Comment; A food critic explores the synthesis of the scents in modern fragrances.

Internet Industry Told to Respect Human Rights Abroad: By David Talbot | Web | 5 Comments; Senator Durbin promises legislation that would force companies to protect human rights.

Touch Screens that Touch Back: By Duncan Graham-Rowe | Computing; New piezoelectric technology will make screens more tactile.

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New Charging Method Could Slash Battery Recharge Times: by kfc | 03/10/2010 | 3 Comments
Using Peer Pressure to Cut Energy Use: by Kevin Bullis | 03/10/2010
Software tells Bloggers What Readers Want: by Erica Naone | 03/09/2010
How to Build a Superluminal Computer: by kfc | 03/09/2010 | 8 Comments

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