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Wired August 2003 Clive Thompson	The Antigravity Underground The fantastic floating device called a lifter has no moving parts, no onboard fuel, and no shortage of wide-eyed admirers. Even inside NASA.
Reactive Reports Issue 32 David Bradley	The power of economy New metal-organic frameworks could make the transport, storage, and delivery of hydrogen much easier and open the door to what has been described as a hydrogen-based economy.
Reactive Reports Issue 32 David Bradley	Odor sniffers Tracking down smells that even the most sensitive human nose cannot pick up is now possible, thanks to an inexpensive sensor devised by scientists at the University of Bonn.
Technology Research News July 2, 2003 Kimberly Patch	DNA makes nano barcode Sheets of DNA that form a barcode pattern could make reading answers generated from DNA computing a lot easier. The method may also make it possible to construct electronics components molecule-by-molecule.
Technology Research News July 2, 2003 Eric Smalley	Light pipes track motion Researchers at Duke University have devised a simple tracking method that promises to dramatically reduce the computing resources needed for computer vision systems that allow computers and robots to sense their surroundings.
Technology Research News July 2, 2003	Material helps bits beat heat Researchers have discovered a way to shore up magnetic energy that promises bits only a few nanometers across -- the span of a few dozen hydrogen atoms. The method could make it possible to store more than a trillion bits per square inch, according to the researchers.
Technology Research News July 2, 2003	Process puts nanotubes in place University of California at Berkeley researchers have found a way to grow silicon nanowires and carbon nanotubes directly on delicate microelectronic components.
Technology Research News July 2, 2003	Printing method makes biochips University of Illinois researchers have fabricated tiny, three-dimensional fluidic networks that promise to reduce the size of biochips.
Technology Research News July 2, 2003	Tiny T splits light Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have designed a compact photonic crystal multiplexer that splits a lightwave into two slightly different colors.
Technology Research News July 2, 2003	Tiny walls sprout nanowires Researchers from San Jose State University have found a way to coax tiny, three-dimensional structures to form on graphite, which conducts electrical current, and sapphire, which blocks electricity.
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