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It’s a cheap stopgap for the digital divide: satellite transmission.
A new tool can decipher text in video.
Programmable drug chips have passed a longevity milestone: six months of drug release.
Want a patent? Get in line.
Making microparticles in a single step.
GE’s new water-sheding coating could lead to self-washing cars.
A dialysis device uses pig liver cells.
On a cellular/Wi-Fi network, no more dropped calls inside buildings.
Sensors turn video games into a workout.
As part of an information system, even the lowly RFID tag is vulnerable.
Carbon nanotubes are showing promise in flexible, low-power displays.
An underwater robot digs for gold.
New publications, experiments, and breakthroughs in information technology – and what they mean.
New publications, experiments, and breakthroughs in nanotechnology – and what they mean.
New publications, experiments, and breakthroughs in biotechnology – and what they mean.
As it tests a new way of making vaccines, TechnoVax is targeting the deadly 1918 flu virus.
QD Vision’s Seth Coe-Sullivan is using quantum dots to make vibrant, flexible screens.
A peek at the simple brain and sensors of the autonomous robot phenomenon.
Sequencing and synthesizing DNA keeps getting faster and cheaper. George Church explains the impacts of these advances.
Conspiracy theories about big pharma would amuse, if they were not a matter of life and death.
Pip Coburn was a star research analyst during the Internet boom. Today, he thinks the entire industry has to change.
Why are the champions of Reagan’s defense buildup arguing for a smaller, more technological military?
Cellular reprogramming could make moot the ethical debate surrounding stem cells.
Grid computing is becoming an affordable utility for everyone.
Richard Schrock describes why finding an elusive catalyst could have a surprising impact on energy consumption.
Understanding how drugs work has never been easy.