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« August 2007 | Main | October 2007 »
500 days in suburban Moscow
A step toward optical computers
Quick and dirty advice for keeping nanotech clean
Hybrid electric cars need much better batteries--and A123,
a plucky Massachusetts start-up, says it's got them
A robot designed to explore Mexican sinkholes is pointing
the way to Jupiter's watery moon
The Big Picture
Can a stock market of ideas help companies predict the future?
The Back Story
Could an agency modeled on DARPA recharge U.S. energy R&D?
The Space Station's woes show what's wrong with NASA and
hints at how to put it right
Researchers are connecting tiny puddles of electrons in a
chip and making them compute--the quantum way
We built a backyard cannon, and you can, too
Considering a job in Iraq or Afghanistan? Here's what to expect
Tech giants invest in Bollywood, e-government, and more
Part One: Tearing Down the Wall of Noise
Part One: Tearing Down the Wall of Noise
Part Two: Will Musicianship Matter?
David Kaneda's San Jose office building will use zero
electricity, produce zero carbon dioxide, and still be a
comfortable workplace
Part One: Tearing Down the Wall of Noise
With electricity deregulation, independent authorities have
been established to manage regional power systems. But not
all are created equal
With electricity deregulation, independent authorities have
been established to manage regional power systems. But not
all are created equal
With electricity deregulation, independent authorities have
been established to manage regional power systems. But not
all are created equal
Researchers are connecting tiny puddles of electrons in a
chip and making them compute--the quantum way
Here come the hybrids
Here come the hybrids
Here come the hybrids
How do you study a thing that doesn't want to be studied?
Turbo codes, which let engineers pump far more error-free
data through a channel, will be the key to the next
generation of multimedia cellphones
The important but widely misunderstood IEEE 802.16 standard
Despite a string of successes, implanted prostheses remain
in the shadows
Part Two: Will Musicianship Matter?
Nowadays, on the Internet, everyone knows if you're a dog
These 10 EEs have the jobs of their dreams--and maybe yours as well
Looking for new ways to make ultrafast chips, designers
explore the third dimension
Acacia Research is demanding patent royalties from porn
sites--and plenty of others as well
Sharp's
new technique could bypass the intellectual property
problems of the standard manufacturing procedure
The immunity comes from two extra capacitors in each memory cell
When the Internet becomes our phone network, wiretaps won't
be needed
NASA's decision to stop servicing the Hubble Space Telescope has
agitated astronomers and the general public
A dark-horse technologythe Grating Light Valvemay join the
competition to dethrone the CRT
New 3-D body scanners are reshaping clothing, car seats,
and more
Speaking out may be the ethical thing to do, but too often
it comes at a steep price
Summaries of Research and Inventions from Science and
Technology Journals
TSMC vs. SMIC highlights China's Wild West legal environment
Chess programs keep getting better, but grandmasters have learned
to anticipate their game
The Big Picture
Scientists plan satellite to snap pictures of cities at night)