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Technology Research News January 12, 2005	Ultrasound Makes Blood Stand Out Researchers have found a way to use ultrasonic vibrations to take images of tumors. The method involves using ultrasonic vibrations to image colloidal objects, which are spherical objects like particles and blood cells that are suspended in fluid.
Technology Research News January 12, 2005	Silicon Surfaces Speed Circuits Researchers have devised a way to use the chemistry of silicon surfaces to make smaller chip features.
Technology Research News January 12, 2005	Branchy Molecules Make Precise Pores Researchers have found a way to coax a material containing microscopic pores to assemble from two very different types of molecules. The material could be used as packaging material for microscopic electronics, to store gases, and to deliver tiny amounts of drugs to very specific places.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2005 John Teresko	Reinventing Heat-Treating Get ready to reconsider process strategies about the heat-treating of metals. A new approach, based on microwave-absorbing plasma, potentially changes all the rules
Wired January 2005 Oliver Morton	Life, Reinvented A group of MIT engineers wanted to model the biological world. But, damn, some of nature's designs were complicated! So they started rebuilding from the ground up - and gave birth to synthetic biology.
Wired January 2005 Brad Stone	Ironmen Motors whine, barbells groan, and gearheads sweat in the battle to become the robo-powerlifting champion of the world.
CFO January 1, 2005 Karen Bannan	Ernestine, Meet Julie Natural language speech recognition is markedly improving voice-activated self-service.
Wired January 2005 David Goldenberg	Spanning the Globe Over the next century, engineers hope to connect five continents with bridges (sorry, Australia and Antarctica). Plans are under way to link Alaska and Russia, Spain and Morocco, India and Sri Lanka.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Alcohol Fuel Cell Goes Micro Researchers, who earlier this year developed a fuel cell using enzymes to generate electricity from ethanol, have built a microchip-based version of the device.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	LED Array Turned Into Touch Button This researcher is using a grid of light-emitting diodes, which are widely used as light sources, as an input device.
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