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Chemistry World
May 9, 2008
Simon Hadlington |
All-in-one gene detection on a chip Scientists in Singapore have invented a tiny machine that can rapidly prepare, purify and genetically analyse blood or other biological samples in less than 20 minutes.   |
Chemistry World
May 9, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Blueprint for 1bn UK technology drive unveiled The UK's Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has outlined how it will invest 1 billion over the next three years to boost innovative R&D and business. |
Popular Mechanics
May 8, 2008
Chris Ladd |
Autonomous 3D Robot Doc Gets X-Ray Powers With DIY A.I. Looks like the robotic uprising could be headed for the OR after all: Bots can now see through your flesh in three dimensions and direct a mechanical arm to perform a biopsy. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2008
Elizabeth Svoboda |
10 High-Tech Health Breakthroughs Coming Soon to Your Body Scientists reveal their research on future medical technology devices and alternative medicine delivery systems. |
Popular Mechanics
May 1, 2008 |
Top 10 Early Contenders for the Automotive X Prize West Philly EVX... Velozzi Supercar... Loremo LS... Motive Switch... VentureOne... Fuel Vapor ale... Phoenix SUT... Hybrid Tech... Tesla WhiteStar... Aptera Typ-1... |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2008
Sarah C.P. Williams |
A New Clarity Applying a new microscopy technique to detect individual molecules in three dimensions. |
Popular Mechanics
April 29, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
In Efficiency Lab, GM Rethinks the Old-School Engine (With Video) Could the internal combustion engine get a green makeover to be more efficient and less harmful to the earth than hybrids? The automotive industry suddenly seems to think so. |
Chemistry World
May 1, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Nanotrees without the seeds Lead sulfide wires that sprout in intricate tree-like patterns show you don't need templates or catalysts to control nanowire growth, say US-based chemists. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 1, 2008
Sally Adee |
The Mysterious Memristor Researchers at Hewlett Packard have solved the 37-year mystery of the memory resistor, the missing 4th circuit element. |
Chemistry World
April 30, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Nanoscale Memristor is Electronics' Missing Link US-based scientists have used nanoscale solid oxide films to create a new circuit element, a memristor, which researchers have been hunting for almost four decades. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
Yu-Tzu Chiu |
Taiwanese software spots stock-market stinkers Evolutionary algorithm combined with three other prediction methods can spot which companies are headed for trouble two years in advance |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
Prachi Patel-Predd |
Energy-Efficient Ethernet Ethernet connections waste lots of watts. It need not be so. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008 |
Her First DARPATech A look inside the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's convention with the latest and greatest in bionic-arm prosthetics, robo-geckos, and autonomous learning robots. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Saswato R. Das |
Quantum Cryptography Cracked? Swedes find vulnerability in supposedly secure quantum cryptography system. |
Popular Mechanics
April 25, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Inside the Forgotten X Prize--the One That Can Save Your Life An extensive look at the Archon X Prize in Genomics, the $10 million race for a cheap, disease-hunting gene sequencer that could land on your kitchen counter sooner than you think. |
Chemistry World
April 24, 2008
James Mitchell Crow |
Radiochemicals firm first to recycle tritium GE Healthcare's radiochemicals group has developed a way to turn all the radioactive tritium waste it produces back into material pure enough to be used again. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Willie D. Jones |
How Much Water Does It Take to Make Electricity? Natural gas requires the least water to produce energy, biofuels the most, according to a new study |
Popular Mechanics
April 22, 2008
Chris Ladd |
Trees in Your Tank? The Future of Green Gasoline: Earth Day Extra Researchers recently published a new method of refining hydrocarbons from cellulose, paving the way to turn wood scraps into gasoline |
National Defense
May 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Ground Robots' Place in Military At Risk, Experts Warn With the success of explosive ordnance disposal robots in Iraq and Afghanistan, one might assume that "mechanical soldiers" are here to stay. But that might not be the case. |
National Defense
May 2008
Robert H. Williams |
Tech Talk Smoke, snow, gloom of night not a problem... Polymer magazine developed for assault rifle... Lightweight fabric blocks radiation... Tracking devices offer path to safety for lost firefighters... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2008
Daniel H. Wilson |
10 Genius Inventions We're Still Waiting For New tech that will transform our lives. Now all we need is someone to invent it. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Neil Savage |
Plasmonic Imager Could Slim Down Spy Satellites But even its developers are far from knowing if it will work. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 9, 2008
Prachi Patel-Predd |
Antineutrino Detector Could Spot Atom Bomb Cheats A new type of detector that researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and Sandia National Laboratories, recently tested detects particles known as antineutrinos that fly out of the reactor. The device can help in monitoring nuclear reactors. |
Popular Mechanics
April 8, 2008
Virginia Hughes |
5 High-Tech Firefighting Tools Headed for the Front Lines ATV-mounted power torch... Firewatch helicopters... Psychic software... Flying fire watchers... The concrete pounder... |
Popular Mechanics
April 4, 2008
Ben Stewart |
GM Testing Volt's Battery, iPhone-like Dash on Track to 2010 Although still not quite set for prime time, it's easy to get excited about the Volt -- which could be America's first production plug-in hybrid vehicle. GM is now testing two batteries in what amounts to a horse race for the future of driving. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
John Boyd |
Electromagnetic Link Deep in the Earth Varies the Length of the Day Scientists find that 2600 kilometers down, the Earth is electrically conductive. The mineral responsible could point the way to new superconductors. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Morgen E. Peck |
A Brainy Approach to Image Sorting DARPA project reads the brain waves of image analysts to speed up intelligence triage. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2008
Mark Wolverton |
Efficient Centrifuge Enriches Nuclear Power Future: How It Works A look at how nuclear power may be the most prospective solution to the energy crisis. |
Popular Mechanics
April 1, 2008
Chris Ladd |
Nano Tanks Could Store Hydrogen in Microscopic 'Soccer Balls' While hydrogen gas and fuel cells remain far-off realities for solving the fuel crunch, new computer models of interlocked carbon chambers have proven to store hydrogen at similar pressures to the cores of huge planets. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Samuel K. Moore |
Risk Analysis Finds Nuclear Deterrence Wanting Engineering risk-analysis methods applied to the Cold War years point to a continuing threat, says Stanford professor |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Peter Fairley |
Solar-Cell Squabble Organic photovoltaics could be dirt cheap, but their efficiency is in dispute |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Sarah Adee |
New Water Technology Headed for Parched Places Capacitive deionization to debut in drought-struck Australia. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Michael Dumiak |
Magnetic Field Sensors Could Help Halt Runway Crashes European engineers harness Earth's magnetic field to improve airport safety. |
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