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Friday, November 20, 2009

Google Gives a First Look at the Chrome OS

Web | By Erica Naone | 6 Comments

The company unveils the technical details of its operating system.

Blog: How to Spur U.S. Renewable Energy

Energy | 1 Comment

Industry experts weigh in at a conference in Washington, DC.

A New Route to Cellulosic Biofuels

Energy | 2 Comments

ZeaChem's pilot plant will make ethanol using termite microbes.

Self-Policing Cloud Computing

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IBM security tool searches for and destroys malicious code in the cloud.

Blog: Google Street View as Art

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A collection of images snapped by chance by Google's street view trucks is strangely compelling.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Computers Can't Answer Everything: By Erica Naone | Communications | 6 Comments; A startup says natural language processing works best with human intelligence.

Thin-Film Solar with High Efficiency: By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 4 Comments; Solexant is printing inorganic solar cells with nanomaterials.

Potential Treatment for Down Syndrome: By Emily Singer | Biomedicine; Enhancing specific chemical signaling in the brain could help treat the disorder.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Bendable Magnetic Interface: By Duncan Graham-Rowe | Computing; A sensing surface developed by Microsoft researchers offers new ways to use computers.

Making 3D Maps on the Move: By Kristina Grifantini | Computing; A vehicle uses off-the-shelf components to build 3D maps of an area.

Who's Talking About Me?: By Erica Naone | Web; Web experts are designing technologies that can collect scattered bits of online conversation.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

A 25-Year Battery: By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 13 Comments; Long-lived nuclear batteries powered by hydrogen isotopes are in testing for military applications.

New Hope for Neuron Protection: By Jennifer Chu | Biomedicine; A drug developed to treat Lou Gehrig's disease undergoes clinical trials.

P4P Remodels File Sharing: By Erika Jonietz | Web | 1 Comment; Peer-to-peer routing technology being tested by Internet service providers could change networking.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Using CO₂ to Extract Geothermal Energy: By Peter Fairley | Energy | 12 Comments; Carbon dioxide captured from power plants could make geothermal energy more practical.

How Secure Is Cloud Computing?: By David Talbot | Computing | 1 Comment; Cryptography solutions are far-off, but much can be done in the near term, says Whitfield Diffie.

DNS Security Protocol Gains Momentum: By Robert Lemos | Computing; Secure Internet-address-lookup technology readied for .net and .com domains.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Robo-Rehab at Home: By Kristina Grifantini | Computing; Smaller devices can help stroke patients regain function.

Fixing E-Mail: By Erica Naone | Communications | 1 Comment; Experts at Defrag believe e-mail can benefit from lessons learned on the social Web.

Biodegradable Transistors: By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 1 Comment; Electronics that break down in the body could be useful in temporary medical implants and drug delivery.

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Mathematician Solves Rowing Boat "Wiggle" Problem: by kfc | 11/20/2009 | 3 Comments
Explaining the Air Traffic Breakdown: by David Talbot | 11/20/2009
How to Spur U.S. Renewable Energy: by Kevin Bullis | 11/20/2009 | 1 Comment
The Emerging Field of Biophotonic Communication: by kfc | 11/19/2009 | 1 Comment

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Splitting Up Search: Distributing a search engine's index around the world could make it faster and more efficient, researchers say.; By Duncan Graham-Rowe

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