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Friday, December 25, 2009

Money for advanced technology is now trickling out of government coffers.
New materials harnessed hamster power, and researchers made carbon nanotubes practical.
Advances in antiaging drugs, acoustic brain surgery, flu vaccines--and the secret to IQ.
Scientists have mapped the genomes of 56 species of microbes.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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Trading Shares in Milliseconds
Today's stock market has become a world of automated transactions executed at lightning speed. This high-frequency trading could make the financial system more efficient, but it could also turn small mistakes into catastrophes.
The Year Online
We saw innovations in real-time search, streaming video, and an operating system for the cloud.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Jan • Feb Issue
The Geoengineering Gambit
Applied Materials Moves Solar Expertise to China
The company says its future is in energy products for the Chinese market.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Jan • Feb Issue
Security in the Ether
Information technology's next grand challenge will be to secure the cloud--and prove we can trust it.
A Quantum Leap in Battery Design
Digital quantum batteries could exceed lithium-ion performance by orders of magnitude.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Synthetics Stop the Bleeding
Nanoparticles cut the bleeding time in half for rodents.
Hot Electrons Could Double Solar Power
A novel approach could turn more sunlight into electricity.
Rethinking Voice as an App
VoIP does for voice what cloud computing did for the Web, experts say.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Geek Christmas Gifts
Here are some offbeat ideas from the editors of Technology Review: Scan and Listen, DIY CSI, Tough Phone, Go Home to Rovio,TV Tennis, Chemical Recipes, Keeping an Eye on Electricity, Making 3-D Pop, USB over the Air, More Bits for the Buck, and Get a Charge on the Go.
Sun-Assisted Desalination
Energy-saving process uses free heat to desalinate seawater.
Complex Integrated Circuits Made of Carbon Nanotubes
New circuits bring low-power nanotube computers closer.
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