Cover Story
Lifeline for Renewable Power
Without a radically expanded and smarter electrical grid, wind and solar will remain niche power sources.
By David Talbot
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January/February 2009
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Interpreting the Genome
New technologies will soon make it possible to sequence thousands of human genomes. Now comes the hard part: understanding all the data.
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Parallel Universe
In its effort to move forward, Intel dusts off old supercomputing technology.
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From the Editor
The Geological Strata of Things
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Contributors
Contributors
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Letters
Letters From Our Readers
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Notebooks
Rebuilding the Power Grid
Cancer Genomics
Multicore Programming
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Forward
Touching the Future
Patching Hearts
The Cost of Carbon
Beyond Blu-Ray
Cells as Circuits
Recession-Resistant Medicine
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Essay
“Very Stunning, Very Space, and Very Cool”
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To Market
Caffeine Detector
Build Your Own Super-Camera
Cheap, Printed RFID
Soy Toner
Wearable Media Center
Large-Screen E-Reader
Voice Googling
Electric Mini
Rooftop Wind Power
Magnetic Depression Treatment
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Q&A
Gilbert Metcalf
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Photo Essay
Moore’s Law
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Reviews
Bootleg Battle Lines
RFID’s Security Problem
Our Past Within Us
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Hack
Philips iPill
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Demo
Spinning Silk into Sensors
How Cocoons Are Turned Into Optical Devices
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From the Labs
Information Technology
Materials
Biomedicine
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71 Years Ago in TR
“Wavy Lines of Sound”
