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IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	Peer Review Starts for Software Patent Applications Hoping to curtail the orgy of tech-industry litigation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently launched an Internet-based peer-review program whereby anyone can help to evaluate a number of software patent applications voluntarily submitted for public evaluation.
Popular Mechanics July 2007 Erik Sofge	Jet Packs Finally On Sale: How to Buy Your Rocket Belt The good news: Not one, but two companies are selling jet packs. The bad news: The tech has a long way to go.
Scientific American July 2007 Chip Walter	A Little Privacy, Please Computer scientist Latanya Sweeney helps to save confidentiality with "anonymizing" programs, "deidentifiers" and other clever algorithms. Whether they are enough, however, is another question.
Scientific American July 2007 Jose Goldemberg	The Limited Appeal of Nuclear Energy To developing nations, the new arguments for nuclear power are far from compelling.
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Glenn Zorpette	The Sun Race Gets Real After a radical rule change, can the defending champion Nuon Solar Team win a fourth straight World Solar Challenge?
Popular Mechanics July 2007 Melissa Wagenberg Lasher	The Waterbike: DIY Rally 2007, Part 1 Loathe to choose between a day of cruising on a motorcycle and one spent cooling off on the lake, one Maryland pizza-shop owner opted for both.
Popular Mechanics June 13, 2007 Nick Mokey	DIY Rally 2007 Runners-Up, Part 1: Beaten by the Waterbike Four similar watercraft submissions that didn't quite live up to the Do-it-yourself Rally first place winner.
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	Diamondoids May be a TV's Best Friend Nanometer-scale diamonds from petroleum could find use in next generation displays.
Chemistry World June 12, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Imploding Bubbles Mix Fluids on a Chip Fluids traveling through micro channels could be mixed together by being whipped into a laser-induced froth, say researchers. Their technique may provide a simple way to control chemical reactions in a lab-on-a-chip.
Chemistry World June 11, 2007 Karen Harries-Rees	Ten Year Plan for Australasian Science Australian scientists have launched a vision that sets out the next 10 years of synchrotron science in the country. Australia's synchrotron, which will open this year, will be a jewel in Australian and New Zealand science, they predict.
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