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Ultrathin Silk-Based Electronics Make Better Brain Implants
University of Pennsylvania engineers have designed silk-based electronics that can stick to the surface of the brain, allowing for better brain-computer interfaces...
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Prace Award 2010 Winners Announced
ISC has named Klaus Iglberger and Ulrich Rude, professors at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, the winners of the 2010 Partnership for Advanced Computing...
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Google Releases Data on Governments' Demands For User Data, Site Censorship
Advertisers aren't the only ones hungry for data on online users. So are U.S. and foreign governments, according to Internet giant Google.
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PC Makers Vie To Be Green-est
Leading PC makers have introduced "green" models and set goals for "toxin free" product lines, but other manufacturers say the supply chain is unable to deliver...
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Oak Ridge Lab, Industry to Collaborate in Advanced Battery Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and American industry will tackle some of the most critical challenges facing lithium ion battery production.
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Startups Find Room to Run on Crowded Social Web
A little more than a year ago, the young co-founders of social network games maker Playdom were sitting pretty. Hit games including Mobsters had helped make their...
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Robotic Therapy Helps Stroke Patients Regain Function
Stroke patients who received robot-assisted therapy were able to regain some ability to use their arms, even if the stroke had occurred years earlier, according...
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Barcodes Help Objects Tell Their Stories
Five U.K. academic institutions have collaborated to create the Tales of Things, a Web site based on the concept of the Internet of things that enables users to...
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Grant Will Develop Cell Phone Sampling Strategy to Survey Young Adults
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health has received a grant to develop and implement an innovative sampling approach that...
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Why Intel Wants to Get Into Energy
Intel showed off an experimental device last week in China that could someday substantially cut the costs of wiring homes and offices for energy efficiency, one...
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Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley
Although technology hubs such as Silicon Valley boast that they are open to good ideas irrespective of the age, educational level, or station in life of the inventor...
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Hp Researcher: Power Efficiency Has a Long Way to Go
The information technology and consumer electronics industries could make quantum leaps in terms of improving the power efficiency of electronic systems and devices...
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Exposing Hackers as an International Deterrent
An international group of computer scientists, law professors, military leaders, and others recently met at Russia's Moscow State University for a conference on...
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At Internet Conference, Signs of Agreement Between U.s. and Russia
Security specialists from eight countries met at a Russian-sponsored conference on Internet security to discuss their differences on how governments view cyberspace...
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How the Internet Will Change the World
Pew Internet & American Life Project director Lee Rainie discusses the results of a survey of experts on how technology will develop and impact society in the year...
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Connect 2 Congress Lets You Track Your Senator, One Vote at a Time
Georgia Institute of Technology student Peter Kinnaird has developed Connect 2 Congress, software that tracked how senators voted in the 110th U.S. Congress.
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Three Finalists in Prize For Technology Breakthroughs
The Technology Academy of Finland has announced the finalists for the international Millennium Technology Prize.
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Google Backs Yahoo in Privacy Fight with Doj
Google and an alliance of privacy groups have come to Yahoo's aid by helping the Web portal fend off a broad request from the U.S. Department of Justice for e-mail...
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Tech Sector in Hiring Drive
The technology industry, an engine of innovation and U.S. prosperity for more than half a century, is accelerating its recovery from the recession with earnings...
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