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Best of the Week: Saturday, November 07, 2009

Implantable Silicon-Silk Electronics

Materials | By Katherine Bourzac | 1 Comment

Biodegradable circuits could enable better neural interfaces and LED tattoos.

Betting on a Metal-Air Battery Breakthrough

Energy | 6 Comments

A government-funded start-up claims it can make ionic liquid energy storage feasible.

Molecular Sunglasses for Macular Degeneration

Biomedicine

Dampening a light-sensing reaction in the eye might slow a common cause of blindness.

An App so You'll Never Forget

Computing | 3 Comments

Adaptive-learning algorithms calculate how often people need to see information to remember it.

A Test Ride with the Droid

Communications | 11 Comments

Motorola's new Android-based smart phone is a viable iPhone alternative.

Friday, November 06, 2009

More Energy in Batteries: By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 1 Comment; Nanowire anodes could let lithium-ion batteries run twice as long.

Sequencing Price Drops Even Lower: By Emily Singer | Biomedicine; Start-up Complete Genomics reveals three new human genomes.

Splitting Up Search: By Duncan Graham-Rowe | Web | 1 Comment; Distributing a search engine's index around the world could make it faster and more efficient, researchers say.

Thursday, November 05, 2009

A Battery-Free Implantable Neural Sensor: By Kate Greene | Computing; A tiny radio chip implanted in a moth harvests power and senses neural activity.

Spraying on Skin Cells to Heal Burns: By Lauren Gravitz | Biomedicine | 5 Comments; A new technique in burn treatment provides an alternative to skin grafts in the operating room.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cells: By Emily Singer | Business | 4 Comments; Drugs embedded in special polymers can more effectively shrink tumors.

Software Listens for Hints of Depression: By Jennifer Chu | Biomedicine | 2 Comments; A large-scale trial will test whether software can identify depressed patients.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Can Amazon's PayPhrase Combine Convenience with Security?: By Robert Lemos | Web; Amazon hopes its latest payment technology will steal its competitors' thunder.

Monday, November 02, 2009

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Getting Beyond Petroleum Won't Be Easy: By Stephen Cass | Energy | 15 Comments

Stealth-Mode Wind Turbines: By Peter Fairley | Energy | 6 Comments; Coatings and composites ease the air-traffic worries dogging wind power.

First Test for Election Cryptography: By Erica Naone | Web | 5 Comments; Novel voting technology will be used in a local government election.

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Spots 'n' pimples: by kfc | 11/07/2009
Computer-Predicted Catalysis: by Katherine Bourzac | 11/06/2009
U.S. Congress Considers Geoengineering: by Kevin Bullis | 11/06/2009
Absent-minded Robots Remember What Matters: by Kristina Grifantini | 11/06/2009 | 2 Comments

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