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IEEE Spectrum June 2006	Software Development: Game Over? The question for engineers and technologists everywhere is whether the practice of counting on the generous enthusiasm and adrenaline of dedicated professionals to meet or beat draconian goals and deadlines for little or no additional compensation should be put to an end.
IEEE Spectrum June 2006 Steven Cass	Learning From Failure In his latest engaging and readable book, Success Through Failure, design guru Henry Petroski analyzes the cycle of mechanical failures and other flaws in the things around us to show that the old truism "nothing succeeds like success" is in fact a recipe for doom.
IEEE Spectrum June 2006 David Kushner	Portrait of a Special Effects Whiz Our Science of Hollywood columnist profiles Allen Hemberger, who's worked as technical director on the Oscar-winning team of Peter Jackson's King Kong.
IEEE Spectrum June 2006 Willie D. Jones	More Heat, Less Sag At least a couple of power companies have developed high-voltage power cables that don't sag nearly as much as the lines they will replace. Although each of the new cables is considerably more expensive than steel-core cable, the economics of using them are attractive because of their greater current-carrying capacity.
Chemistry World May 31, 2006 Jon Evans	Carbon Joins the Dots Carbon could soon replace cadmium as the material of choice for quantum dots, following the development of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by scientists.
Chemistry World May 29, 2006	Cash Injection for Zeolite Crystal Growth A fundamental study into crystal growth has grabbed the attention of global industrial oil companies. The porous aluminosilicate structures are used in catalysis for turning oil into petrol, and the details of how they grow on the atomic scale remain a mystery.
Chemistry World May 26, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	The Invisible Man Made Real Cloaks that make objects invisible will be made within 18 months, say scientists. Changes to sub-wavelength structural details, rather than the chemical composition of these materials, will make objects disappear before our eyes, claims the team.
Chemistry World May 25, 2006 Jon Evans	Electric Shock for Controlled Release Biomedical engineers have used gold electrodes to improve the method for controlled release of biomolecules. They say the method is a large improvement on current technologies, giving greater control over when, where and how many biomolecules are released.
Chemistry World May 24, 2006	Detecting Brain Damage Before it Happens An NMR technique under development could help the victims of stroke by detecting brain damage early enough to provide treatment.
Fast Company June 2006 Lucas Conley	Undercover Bedbugs? The latest in soldiery: a menagerie of robo-animals. Robolobster... Insect... Snoopy...
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