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by Mike Zazaian September 28, 2006 - 8:08am, 7 Comments >>

While the prospect of soon-to-be-standard 50GB Blu-ray discs is impressive, researchers at Harvard University are working on a process that could cram as much as 3,000 gigabytes onto a single CD.

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by Ben Piper September 27, 2006 - 5:58pm, 41 Comments >>

French surgeons performed the first zero-gravity operation on Wednesday on board a free-falling plane to simulate an operation in space.

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by Ben Piper September 25, 2006 - 4:47pm, 9 Comments >>

Amidst increasing concern for alternative energy sources, economists and environmentalists alike are pushing toward the development of highly effective silicon solar panels.

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by Mike Zazaian September 22, 2006 - 1:00pm, 5 Comments >>

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Amid a slew of soldiers left limbless in the wake of the Iraq war, Darpa is increasing research on techniques that might someday help people grow their own limbs back.

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by Mike Zazaian September 21, 2006 - 4:51pm, 2 Comments >>

A new robot from VECNA Solutions can perform life-threatening tasks, so we humans don’t have to.

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by Mike Zazaian September 19, 2006 - 4:19pm, 3 Comments >>

Researchers at MIT have developed a gas-turbine engine the size of a quarter that can power devices for ten times as long as lithium-ion batteries.

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by Mike Zazaian September 18, 2006 - 10:51am, 1 Comment >>

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a biodegradable napkin that uses nanotechnology to detect bacteria and viruses.

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by Mike Zazaian September 17, 2006 - 2:00pm, 8 Comments >>

Researchers at Brown University have developed a plastic battery prototype which would combine the storage prowess of capacitors with the power of alkaline batteries.

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by Mike Zazaian September 14, 2006 - 12:42pm, 4 Comments >>

A new bionic arm allows its owner to manipulate her hand and fingers just by thinking about them.

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by Mike Zazaian September 13, 2006 - 9:51am, 6 Comments >>

Cisco Systems Chief Technologist Dave Evans has lofty plans for the airports of the future, but will the government, or necessity, be able to keep up?

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