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Improbability Drive: Focus on rare actions speeds chemical simulations
A new algorithm speeds simulations of chemical reactions by focusing on rare but crucial molecular motions.
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Nanotech bubbles
Creating large-scale, regular arrays of nanoscale components is now almost as easy as blowing bubbles.
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Powering the Revolution
Sensors and other electronic devices that can scavenge energy could open a new realm for technology.
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Reaching for Rays
Harnessing the sun's rays cheaply and efficiently could address the planet's energy needs.
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Lost in transportation
A new algorithm might make online driving directions more accurate.
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Computer, Name That Tune!
Computers can analyze music mathematically and use the result to track down songs, without even knowing the composer, performer, or title.
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A New Low: Lilliputian pipette releases tiniest drops
Physicists have constructed a pipette that dispenses a billionth of a trillionth of a liter.
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Wanted: Better Yardsticks
A new federal survey has found that a lack of measurement tools may jeopardize the United States' edge in technological innovation.
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The Machine’s Got Rhythm
By teaching computers how to transcribe musical recordings, a relatively mundane task, researchers are opening new musical possibilities.
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Pictures Posing Questions
Radical new forms of photography use computation to transcend the limits of traditional cameras.
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Is Your Phone Out of Juice? Biological fuel cell turns drinks into power
A new type of fuel cell uses natural enzymes to produce small amounts of electricity from sugar.
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EPA council sets priorities
The Environmental Protection Agency's Science Policy Council has outlined the agency's nanotechnology-research needs.
