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Industrial Physicist Konstantin Likharev	Hybrid Semiconductor-Molecular Nanoelectronics Many physicists and engineers believe that the impending crisis due to limitations in CMOS technology may be resolved only by a radical paradigm shift from purely CMOS technology to hybrid semiconductor-molecular circuits.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2003 John Teresko	LEDs Redefine Lighting Advances in light emitting diodes (LEDs) are delivering a revolution in efficiency, performance life and in how light can be deployed.
Technology Research News May 21, 2003 Eric Smalley	Hydrogen storage eased The discovery of metal-organic frameworks promises to remove the principal stumbling block to hydrogen-powered cars, and the method could be ready for production use within five years.
Technology Research News May 21, 2003 Eric Smalley	Flexible display slims down Researchers from E Ink Corp. have produced a high-resolution electronic display that is 0.3 millimeters thick.
Technology Research News May 21, 2003	Big qubits linked over distance Researchers working on quantum computing managed to entangle a pair of large quantum bits that were spaced nearly a millimeter apart.
Technology Research News May 21, 2003	Magnesium batteries show mettle Researchers from Bar-Ilan University in Israel have developed rechargeable batteries made from magnesium, a cheap, abundant and relatively environmentally friendly metal.
Technology Research News May 21, 2003	Nanotubes smash length record Duke University researchers produced nanotubes as long as two millimeters, which is 100 times longer than previous efforts. Nanotubes have great potential as components of nanomachines and nanoelectronics.
CIO May 15, 2003 John Edwards	Looking-Glass Fiber Don't look now, but a new low-loss optical fiber -- featuring a mirrored core -- can conduct an intense stream of laser light that would melt an ordinary fiber.
CIO May 15, 2003 Scott Berinato	What's In a Face? Part of the reason biometrics remains a niche field is because the still-improving technology has been oversold.
CIO May 15, 2003 Juan Carlos Perez	Reality Unlike TV Biometrics -- the use of IT to identify people using fingerprints, voice, face and hand geometry -- has its limitations. The applications aren't 100 percent accurate, for starters. And technology standards and concerns about privacy also are potential limitations. But it is improving.
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