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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Micro Solar Cells Handle More Intense Sunlight
Materials | By Katherine Bourzac | 2 Comments
Cells absorb sunlight concentrated 1,000 times without cooling.
Blog: Google Gets a Little More Social with Buzz
Web
By tying a new social networking tool to Gmail, Google hopes to speed up adoption.
An Early Warning System for Cancer
Biomedicine | 1 Comment
Autoantibodies could alert doctors to cancer development.
Getting a Grip on Online Buzz
Web | 5 Comments
Service tracks social network chitchat about a product.
Blog: Will ARPA-E Receive Funding?
Energy
A congressional committee considers whether to direct money to the new energy agency.
Monday, February 08, 2010
U.S. Solar Market to Double in the Next Year
By Kevin Bullis | Energy | 9 Comments
Government incentives and lower solar prices are starting to pay off.
Searching for Disease Clues in Genetic Diversity
By Emily Singer | Biomedicine
Research on the Mexican genome could broaden the scope of personalized medicine.
Finding a Parking Space Could Soon Get Easier
By Erika Jonietz | Communications | 2 Comments
Networking sensors attached to taxis could ease the hunt for street parking.
Friday, February 05, 2010
Graphene Transistors that Can Work at Blistering Speeds
By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 4 Comments
IBM shows that graphene transistors could one day replace silicon.
Biofuels from Saltwater Crops
By Kevin Bullis | Energy | 3 Comments
A research project will make jet fuel without wasting fresh water or farmland.
From Hope to Reality in Personalized Medicine
By David Ewing Duncan | Biomedicine | 4 Comments
Francis Collins's book offers optimism but no grand plan.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Brain Imaging Lets Vegetative Patient Communicate
By Emily Singer | Biomedicine | 1 Comment
The surprising new research is likely to challenge our notions of consciousness.
"Melting" Drywall Keeps Rooms Cool
By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 19 Comments
Developers think these phase-change materials could reduce the need for air-conditioning.
How Legal Wiretaps Could Let Hackers In
By Erica Naone | Computing
Scheme gives law enforcement officials access, but flaws could make it useful for criminals as well.
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Obama Goes Nuclear
By Kevin Bullis | Energy | 32 Comments
Loan guarantees in the 2011 federal budget could help revive the nuclear power industry.
What's Inside the iPad's Chip?
By Christopher Mims | Computing | 9 Comments
Cost and power efficiency may have pushed Apple to create its own microchip.
Crafting Light-Sensing Cells from Human Skin
By Janelle Weaver | Biomedicine | 1 Comment
Photoreceptors created from induced pluripotent stem cells.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
iPad Rattles the e-Bookshelves
By Erica Naone | Computing | 24 Comments
But Amazon's e-book dominance may be hard to change.
Budget Charts a New Course for NASA
By Jeff Foust | Business | 27 Comments
Moon and Mars missions are scrapped, but radical new technology gets funding.
New Test Screens Prospective Parents for 100-Plus Diseases
By Emily Singer | Biomedicine
Startup aims for routine preconception genetic testing.

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Google Gets a Little More Social with Buzz
by Erica Naone | 02/09/2010
Will ARPA-E Receive Funding?
by Kevin Bullis | 02/09/2010
A Genetic Determinant of Biological Aging in Humans?
by Emily Singer | 02/08/2010 | 2 Comments
The Future of Gaming: The Hot Potato Experience
by kfc | 02/08/2010 | 2 Comments

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