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IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Frances Backhouse	The Retailer of the Lost Electronics Ark Shopping for a used oscilloscope or a rare spare vacuum tube? Walter Shawlee II's online warehouse may be the place to go.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Peter Fairley	California to Rule On Fate of EVs Hybrids are going mainstream, major automakers are once again engineering battery EVs, and start-ups such as Tesla Motors and Phoenix are bringing them to market. Can California's ambitious and controversial zero-emissions vehicle mandate help?
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Sarah Adee	Transistors Go Vertical The semiconductor industry fights silicon sprawl by building up, not out. Today's CMOS transistor is planar, but chip makers are exploring more power-efficient three-dimensional structures as well as a planar structure with two gates.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007	Trail Camera Controller Scores Big in Our DIY Competition The winning do-it-yourself submission: an all-in-one controller board for a trail camera that costs about $20 to make.
Chemistry World October 30, 2007 James Mitchell Crow	A Better Catalyst for Fuel Cells? Alloy nanoparticles that efficiently catalyse oxygen's conversion into water - the energy-releasing reaction that occurs in fuel cells - have been discovered. The particles are up to six times more active than pure platinum, the material typically used in current fuel cells.
Chemistry World October 30, 2007 Jayaraman Killugudi	Glowing Future for Nanotubes A team of scientists from India and Japan have been the first to make a bundle of nanotubes glow, paving the way for their use as chemical sensors or in optoelectronics.
Chemistry World October 29, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Laser Hits the Right Spot for Chemical Analysis Scientists have developed a 'laser nanoantenna' that could significantly boost the level of detail available to tabletop microscopes.
AskMen.com Ross Bonander	5 Things You Didn't Know: Albert Einstein We may love Einstein. But do we really know him?
Popular Mechanics October 26, 2007 Ben Stewart	Solar Power: Jay's Green Garage Harnessing enough solar energy to power a garage takes a little more than a few solar panels.
Popular Mechanics October 26, 2007 Erik Sofge	Update: World Solar Challenge Solar Car Crash Report The 2007 Panasonic World Solar Challenge isn't officially over until October 28th. But a winner has already been declared.
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