Tech

  1. Earth

    California may yet get the first greenhouse gas limits for cars

    President Obama decides to revisit a controversial decision made less than a year ago by his predecessor.

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  2. Humans

    Obama’s new directive on energy efficiency

    New appliance standards are coming, the president reported today.

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  3. Humans

    Federal R&D downturn preceded ‘08 economic crash

    Federal R&D spending looks grim — until you compare it to the U.S. economy in general.

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  4. Tech

    Book Review: The Inner History of Devices by Sherry Turkle, ed.

    Review by Elizabeth Quill.

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  5. Life

    Whipping fluids along in microlabs

    Researchers have detailed one way for hairlike structures to drive liquid in a "lab on a chip."

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  6. Earth

    Water-cleanup experiment caused lead poisoning

    Featured blog: Lead concentrations spiked in many children living in the nation's capital after the local water authority altered the treatment used to disinfect drinking water.

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  7. Quantum Physics

    Quantum information teleported between distant atoms

    A team is the first to transfer a qubit, which contains quantum information, from one atom to another, a feat that could aid quantum computing and secure communication.

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  8. Computing

    Computing Evolution

    Scientists sift through genetic data sets to better map twisting branches in the tree of life.

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  9. Tech

    Stimulus bill doesn’t ignore R&D

    Featured blog: Here's where the economic-stimulus bill would attempt to revamp and reinvigorate federally financed research.

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  10. Earth

    Steven Chu’s Senate Confirmation Looks Certain

    Senate energy committee appreciates Obama's pick for Secretary of Energy.

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  11. Computing

    Googling: Your Cup of Tea?

    In aggregrate, Internet searches can be fairly polluting.

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  12. Tech

    SESAME opens doors to international collaboration

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