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Technology Research News March 23, 2005 Kimberly Patch	Tool turns English to code Researchers look to make programming a computer as easy as speaking English. Now if they could just make speaking English easy.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005 Eric Smalley	Common sense boosts speech software Scientists develop system to improve speech recognition accuracy.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Microdroplet makes mighty microscope Researchers from the University of Maryland have found a way to reach nanometer-scale resolution using something called far-field optics.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Cheap material makes speedy memory Researchers have devised potentially low-cost, high-speed nonvolatile memory (retains information even when it is not powered) from polystyrene and gold nanoparticles.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Tiny crystals adjust laser colors It is possible to use a relatively inexpensive material to split and combine lightwaves to change the color of a light signal.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Electricity controls biomolecules Dutch and German researchers have found a way to use electricity to control the way microtubules connect with kinesin-coated structures.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Nanotubes juice super batteries A relatively simple and inexpensive way to form a new type of thin film supercapacitor from multi-wall carbon nanotubes.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Layers promise cheap circuits The challenge is making organic transistors that work well electronically.
Scientific American March 21, 2005 Steven Ashley	Aerial Base Station Trying again: stratospheric airships for wireless communications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John Keller	Electrowetting can yield rugged, inexpensive, low-power lenses Ask military optoelectronic-systems designers what they want most in lenses, and you will often hear rugged, lightweight, small size, and low cost. In the near future a technology called electrowetting may deliver these qualities and more.
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