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The Future of The Web
Technology Review July/August 2008
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In five to ten years, the Web will
have more voice technology--in
hands-busy scenarios such as
driving, and to increase
accessibility, and will feature the
Semantic Web "done right," says Web
inventor Tim Berners-Lee. According
to Vint Cerf, Vice president and
chief Internet evangelist at Google,
"Seventy percent of all mobiles will
be...
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New Discovery Proves 'Selfish Gene'
Exists
ScienceDaily June 22, 2008
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Biology professor Graham Thompson
from the University of Western
Ontario has found evidence for the
"selfish gene" (the blind tendency
of genes wanting to continue their
existence into the next generation)
by isolating a region on the honey
bee genome in female workers...
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Saving More Lives by Building a
Better Scanner
Popular Science June 20, 2008
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Toshiba's new Aquilion ONE
computed-tomography (CT) scanner
could change the way doctors
diagnose and treat such illnesses as
stroke and heart attack, making many
standard tests unnecessary. The ONE
does nearly everything--filming, in
high-resolution, dynamic volume
imagery, how organs function--in 20
minutes or less, for under $1,000
and with...
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MIT team plays with fire to create
cheap energy
Christian Science Monitor June 18, 2008
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A simple new low-cost solar dish
developed by MIT students produces
steam heat for less than the cost of
heat from oil or natural gas,
according to the MIT team. The steam
heat can be used cost effectively
for manufacturing, food
pasteurization, and heating...
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Perfecting a solar cell by adding
imperfections
PhysOrg.com June 16, 2008
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New research at Santa Fe Institute,
Michigan State University, and
Columbia University shows that a
film of carbon nanotubes may be able
to replace two of the layers
normally used in a solar cell, with
improved performance at lower cost.
Exposing the carbon nanotubes to
ozone made the carbon nanotubes
better catalysts, with more than a
ten-fold...
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Measles doesn't work in the way we
thought
Nature News June 20, 2008
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Mayo Clinic research suggests a
possible new way to deliver cancer
treatments: using a modified version
of the measles virus. They found
that the measles virus can attack
lymphatic cells (part of the immune
system) without first attacking
airway tissues....
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