May 2009

May 20, 2009 - Study: climate change future 2x worse than thought; Largest-ever rocket parachute; Chrome replacement
May 19, 2009 - Automated Tissue Engineering; Concrete's carbon footprint; Cancer-fighting Fountain Pen
May 18, 2009 - Microbial energy grid; Battery fueled by air; New superconductor; Multi-talented chalcogel
May 15, 2009 - Palladium fuel cell catalyst; Green fridge; (Non) blinking nanocrystals; Biomineralization
May 14, 2009 - Sensor to replace biopsies?; Giant natural petroleum spills; Heart-beating machine
May 13, 2009 - World's most powerful femto-laser; Carbon nanotube boat; Alpha thoughts; Green genomes
May 12, 2009 - Sun's core lighter than new nuclear fuel; Tunable liquid laser lens; Elliptic curve cryptography
May 11, 2009 - Nanotube coating enables novel laser meter; bioelectricity more efficient than ethanol; Nimbus rises in world of cloud computing
May 8, 2009 - Bioelectricity vs biofuel; First quantum cryptography network; Global shale competition; Graphene transistors
May 7, 2009 - World's smallest incandescent lamp; Mechanophores; Robotic mice; Super-resin for heart therapy
May 6, 2009 - Neutron star strength; Doubling the resolution of fluorescence; Wind makes for deadly fires
May 5, 2009 - Chemical bond revelations; Preying on flu fear; Wolfram's Alpha; Superhydrophobia simulations
May 4, 2009 - Secret solar tech emerges; NASA extends a suggestion; Dielectric glass; Invisibility cloak
May 1, 2009 - Smart wind turbines; Worlds fastest camera; Fighting Staph infections

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April 2009

April 30, 2009 - Darwin in a test tube; Unexpected magnetic effect; Simulated gene therapy
April 29, 2009 - Chemical caterpillar; Iron map; PharmaSat; Nanoneedle; Cool tools, long life
April 28, 2009 - Natures fifth force; Instantaneous color change; Movement model tracks spread of disease
April 27, 2009 - Optical disc breaks 500 GB; Bacterias deadly protein syringe; Optomechanical detector way beyond angstrom
April 24, 2009 - Metal spider silk; Cow genome unlocked; Of mice and humans; Prehistoric methane forensics
April 23, 2009 - Titania surprise; Space blob puzzle; Hydrogen power plants; Metallic-organic material invention
April 22, 2009 - World's brightest x-rays; Hand-held ultrasound is here; Super-efficient microchip; IBM's R&D
April 21, 2009 - Planet discovery; Ice linked to ozone; Superconducting Navy ship; Brain probes
April 20, 2009 - Shuttle's swan song; Cyclones and global warming; Night vision; Nanophotonic antennas
April 17, 2009 - Asteroid defense; Venom slows brain cancer; Earthquake forensics
April 16, 2009 - Fermion puzzle solved; First CO2-to-methanol catalyst; Super-fast sequencing; Seals monitor poles
April 15, 2009 - Optical silicon hits 100 Gb/s; R&D 100 Success Stories; Raman finds cancer; Rabbit eyes
April 14, 2009 - Helpful speed bumps; Tracking cyclones without airplanes; Mapping plant genes for biofuels
April 13, 2009 - Agriculture cam; R&D 100 Awards; Supergraphics; Polarization controlled lasers; Unevolved galaxies
April 10, 2009 - The edge of space; The coldest atom; Downloads predict citations?
April 9, 2009 - Noisy volcanoes; Cooling the globe with sulfur; Explosive aerogel; DNA origami
April 8, 2009 - Live-algae biofuel production; 100th Soyuz; Quantum computing headaches
April 7, 2009 - Ice structure key to weather?; Engineering jobs dip; Sensor breakthroughs: bio, nano, ultrasonic
April 6, 2009 - R&D spending resists slump; Polar meltdown; Electron spin and racetrack memory
April 3, 2009 - Hydrogen refill solution; Viral cathode; Straw house battles earthquakes
April 2, 2009 - Inexpensive 3-D printing; Translucent carbon nanotubes; Simulating tsunamis and brains
April 1, 2009 - ASIMO's brain control; R&D 100 Awards: new deadline; Nanoprofessor; Single-cell optical microscopy

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March 2009

March 31, 2009 - World's first 3-D nanofluidic device; Gadget watch; Neuro-challenge
March 30, 2009 - Carbon-neutral methane maker; Microwave invisibility demonstrated; Benefits of Dwight Schrute
March 27, 2009 - R&D 100 Awards success stories; nanotube muscles; cheap, plastic x-ray imaging
March 26, 2009 - Biggest-ever laser is ready; Materials mystery solved; China & nanotech; Internal biometrics
March 25, 2009 - Open-access makes its move; 100-fold AFM accuracy jump; Superhydrophobic solar cells
March 24, 2009 - Biofuel enzyme library; Aerodynamics for Mach 5+; Turbine trends; CERN clouds
March 23, 2009 - Ice sheet may melt; Cooking tumor cells; Blue OLEDs jump ahead
March 20, 2009 - R&D 100 Awards success stories; nanotube muscles; cheap, plastic x-ray imaging
March 19, 2009 - Weapons-grade electric laser; Going green; Shedding the popular science stigma
March 18, 2009 - Particle Y causes trouble; New industry eats up energy; Window coating catches intruders
March 17, 2009 - R&D grant flood; The Nantenna; LEED takes the stage
March 16, 2009 - DNA patch heals doggie dystrophy; First bone formation images; Transparent sodium
March 13, 2009 - Zeroing in on Higg mass; Animal birth control; Ceramics breakthrough
March 12, 2009 - Map of Science; Roche takes over Genentech; Nanowires for better fuel cells
March 11, 2009 - Renewable energy on the rise; Nanotubes find switch niche; New director for Argonne National Lab
March 10, 2009 - Single top quark discovered at Fermilab; High surface-area nanoporous material; Reaction to Obama's stem cell move
March 9, 2009 - Stem cell funding ban lifted; World's largest laser gets fired up; Merck merges with Schering-Plough
March 6, 2009 - Rogue light waves; Plagiarism and patents; First look at proteins in living cells
March 5, 2009 - Microtissue organs; Melting diamonds; E-elections; DOE to echo Bell Labs?
March 4, 2009 - U.S. losing tech lead?; Molecular electric switch; Planning for lab projects
March 3, 2009 - Instant immunity; Methane maker powered by CO₂; Breakthrough carbon nanotube measurement
March 2, 2009 - China's moon crash; Good vibrations for the deaf; Sonar for metals

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February 2009

February 27, 2009 - 2009 Lab of the Year winners; Nerve healing with sugar; When cells eat themselves
February 26, 2009 - World's smallest periscopes; Entirely new alloy; Unexplored mountain range
February 25, 2009 - Halting cerebral palsy; Origami nanocapacitors; Quantum computing gate demo
February 24, 2009 - First touchscreen flexible display; Nitrogen rocket; Carbon observer crashes out
February 23, 2009 - Race for the Higgs; First measurement of atomic halo; Major phase transition discovery
February 20, 2009 - Stunning gamma-ray burst; Stimulus loans accelerated; Artificially "evolved viruses"
February 19, 2009 - Real-world CSI in shambles; Finding oil with satellites; Ferrofluid construction
February 18, 2009 - Nanoscale telecom gratings; Bacterial assembly lines; “Exploding” cigars
February 17, 2009 - New way to examine solar cell defects; Double-claw DNA nanorobot; Image: 5-million atom viral shell
February 13, 2009 - Coal's complications; Mesofluidic limbs; Rodent power plants; Harder than diamonds
February 12, 2009 - Darwin’s 200th; Satellite debris mapping; Cellulose to hydrogen; Artificial photosynthesis
February 11, 2009 - Defending R&D funding; Putting inductive energy to work; Multilane nanotube highway
February 10, 2009 - Helmet finds strokes fast; Dramatic cuts to coal waste; NMR shortcut
February 9, 2009 - Error-prone CMOS is faster, thriftier; Rust-free iron; Patent battles; Record laser chip tuning
February 6, 2009 - Stimulus may be little help to R&D; Photosynthesis revealed; Revolutionary home heating?
February 5, 2009 - Lab Design 2009; China quake trigger; Neglected diseases; GPS tracking with Google
February 4, 2009 - Modular guitar; Mercury confusion; 20 petaflop computer; Investments and the economy
February 3, 2009 - India's $10 laptop; Hybrid embryos under fire; Singularity Univ.
February 2, 2009 - R&D 100 Awards call for entries; Chemotherapy diagnostics; Magnetic tornadoes

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January 2009

January 30, 2009 - Does distance hurt education?; Robots to keep eye on fusion plant; Conducting insulator
January 29, 2009 - First single-element compound; Runaway coating gun; Gauging nanorisk; Climate change news
January 28, 2009 - Solving stress; Fusion burns away nuclear waste; Carbon nanotube memory: 100,000 times faster
January 27, 2009 - Evolution not entirely up to natural selection; Year-round algae-to-biofuel; RNA advancements
January 26, 2009 - Pharmaceutical river; Human brains have memory buffer; Pfizer ponders deep cuts amid acquisition