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    Mining the Genome

    The Human Genome Project piles up Everests of data. But getting new drugs out of it will require sophisticated software for sniffing out patterns–one of the most crucial tasks of the hot field known as bioinformatics.

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    Computing After Silicon

    How will computers be built after 2015? Hewlett-Packard’s Stan Williams thinks he has a good recipe. It’s not perfect-but that’s the beauty of it.

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    Rewriting the Bible in 0's and 1's

    Since the 1960s, Donald Knuth has been writing the sacred text of computer programming. He’s a little behind schedule, but he has an excuse: he took time out to reinvent digitial typography.

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    The Knowledge Lab

    Launched by NCR–famed for cash registers and ATMs–this showy lab in London hopes to define e-commerce. But some say it’s more PR than R&D.

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    May the Micro Force Be With You

    After a decade of hype, microscopic mechanical systems are poised to make major changes in the size of our cell phones, the reliability of our communications systems-even the way “Star Wars” is shown.

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    The Virtual Alchemists

    After a decade of calculations, the first wave of materials designed from scratch on the computer are ready to be made and tested. On the horizon: new substrates for optics and electronics.

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    Has GPS Lost Its Way?

    After 20 years of plodding development, the Global Positioning System remains a novelty for niche markets. The system’s future hinges less on technology than on politics, economics and human nature.

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    Biotech Goes Wild

    Genetic engineering will be essential to feed the world’s billions. But could it unleash a race of “superweeds”? No one seems to know. And nobody’s in charge of finding out.

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    A Nose for Business

    What’s the difference between Chanel No. 5 and Chanel No. 19? Ask Cyranose 2000, an artificial proboscis that’s sniffing out the market.

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