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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Are Genetically Modified Salmon Headed to the Supermarket?

Biomedicine | By Emily Singer | 12 Comments

The FDA is poised to decide whether biotech animals should be sold as food.

A Cheaper, Safer Way to Move Natural Gas

Energy | 5 Comments

A new transport method involving ice crystals could make it practical to get natural gas from remote areas, with no worries about explosions.

Web Service Goes Date a-Mining

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Much like Netflix can suggest movies, an Internet recommendation engine called Wings points you toward dating prospects.

Blog: Microwave-Powered Rocket Ascends without Fuel

Materials | 3 Comments

A scale model is further proof that beamed-energy propulsion works.

Friday, September 03, 2010

Video App Offers Guidance While You Shoot: By Tom Simonite | Communications; NudgeCam encourages good footage by tracking faces and assessing sound quality.

How Websites Make You Spill Your Secrets: By Erica Naone | Web; People divulge more sensitive information on sites that look less safe.

Thursday, September 02, 2010

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To Market: Our Latest List of Cool New Products: By TR Editors; A Charger for the Smart Grid, Low-Cost Solar, Touch Screen Touch-up, Designing Genes, Disposable EEG, Boss on Wheels, Body Tracker, Into the Clouds, Watch the Hand, and Desktop Cancer Check.

Robotic Storm Tracker Gets a Big Test with Earl: By Brittany Sauser | Computing; The largest-ever storm monitoring mission is now gathering scientific data that was previously impossible to get.

Transplanting Gut Microbes to Treat Disease: By Karen Weintraub | Biomedicine | 3 Comments; Scientists examine new ways to manipulate the microorganisms within us.

Counting Down to Commercial Space Launches: By Stephen Cass | Business | 12 Comments; The next few years will see at least two new commercial spacecraft put into orbit.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Sept • Oct Issue
Living Data: By Tom Simonite | Computing | 1 Comment; The three-story-high Allosphere creates unique visualizations.

Nano Switches that Store More Data Head to Market: By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 3 Comments; Products featuring memristors could appear in 2013.

Sept • Oct Issue
Down the Tubes: By Scott Fayner | Web | 9 Comments; How free streaming video threatens the porn industry.

Tiny Needles to Fight Cancer: By Prachi Patel | Biomedicine | 1 Comment; Researchers inject quantum dots into the skin using plastic microneedles, potentially providing a way to diagnose and treat diseases.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Sept • Oct Issue
How to Remake Life: By Katherine Bourzac | Biomedicine | 5 Comments; Venter Institute researchers have made the first viable cell with a synthetic genome.

Sept • Oct Issue
Cash for Infrastructure: By David Rotman | Business | 7 Comments; What happens after the federal stimulus funding for energy runs out?

Web iTunes? Don't Believe the Hype: By Erica Naone | Web | 2 Comments; Online music streaming services are altering the way people find, buy, and share songs--when will iTunes join the fun?

Bringing Cell-Phone Location-Sensing Indoors: By Tom Simonite | Communications | 4 Comments; App pinpoints people inside shops without requiring them to "check in."

Monday, August 30, 2010

Sept • Oct Issue
Taking Over a Car: By Erica Naone | Computing | 2 Comments; Researchers "break in" with software and a laptop.

New Court Ruling Could Cripple Stem-Cell Research: By Emily Singer | Biomedicine | 8 Comments; Once again, federal funding restrictions cast uncertainty over the field.

A Simple Filter Could Make LCDs More Efficient: By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 2 Comments; The new approach wastes far less light, saving energy.

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Microwave-Powered Rocket Ascends without Fuel: by Christopher Mims | 09/07/2010 | 3 Comments
Metamaterial Discovery The Combinatorial Way: by kfc | 09/07/2010 | 1 Comment
Chatroulette's Pervert Detector is Broken: Here's How to Fix It: by Christopher Mims | 09/06/2010 | 2 Comments
Physicists Build a Memory that Stores Entanglement: by kfc | 09/06/2010 | 18 Comments

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