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  • Micro Solar Cells Handle More Intense Sunlight
    Cells absorb sunlight concentrated 1,000 times without cooling.
  • An Early Warning System for Cancer
    Autoantibodies could alert doctors to cancer development.
  • Getting a Grip on Online Buzz
    Service tracks social network chitchat about a product.

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    U.S. Solar Market to Double in the Next Year
    Government incentives and lower solar prices are starting to pay off.
  • Searching for Disease Clues in Genetic Diversity
    Research on the Mexican genome could broaden the scope of personalized medicine.
  • Finding a Parking Space Could Soon Get Easier
    Networking sensors attached to taxis could ease the hunt for street parking.
  • Special Reports
  • To Market
    Tracking innovative technologies appearing in commercial products.
  • Scan and Listen
  • What's Inside the iPad's Chip?
    Cost and power efficiency may have pushed Apple to create its own microchip.
  • "Melting" Drywall Keeps Rooms Cool
    Developers think these phase-change materials could reduce the need for air-conditioning.
  • Graphene Transistors that Can Work at Blistering Speeds
    IBM shows that graphene transistors could one day replace silicon.
  • Brain Imaging Lets Vegetative Patient Communicate
    The surprising new research is likely to challenge our notions of consciousness.
  • Budget Charts a New Course for NASA
    Moon and Mars missions are scrapped, but radical new technology gets funding.
  • Biofuels from Saltwater Crops
    A research project will make jet fuel without wasting fresh water or farmland.
  • From Hope to Reality in Personalized Medicine
    Francis Collins's book offers optimism but no grand plan.
  • Briefing: Media
    January/February 2010

    We assess the technologies that are destroying old ways of doing business and look into what will be left when the dust settles.
  • How Legal Wiretaps Could Let Hackers In
    Scheme gives law enforcement officials access, but flaws could make it useful for criminals as well.
  • Obama Goes Nuclear
    Loan guarantees in the 2011 federal budget could help revive the nuclear power industry.
  • Crafting Light-Sensing Cells from Human Skin
    Photoreceptors created from induced pluripotent stem cells.
  • iPad Rattles the e-Bookshelves
    But Amazon's e-book dominance may be hard to change.
  • New Test Screens Prospective Parents for 100-Plus Diseases
    Startup aims for routine preconception genetic testing.
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