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Detecting Pollution with Living
Biosensors
Technology Review Sep. 17, 2008
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University of Lausanne scientists
have grown bacteria that are
genetically engineered to glow a
specific color in response to a
particular chemical to help
researchers spot contaminants more
quickly and cheaply than with
traditional tests. (Olivier Binggeli
and Robin Tecon, University of...
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Cray and Microsoft launch $25,000
'deskside supercomputer'
KurzweilAI.net Sep. 17, 2008
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Cray and Microsoft have launched
the Cray CX1, a 32 or 64 Intel core
"deskside supercomputer" that runs
on standard 110 volt office power
and starts at $25,000. It is the
first Cray supercomputer to use
Intel processors. It can also use
Nvidia's Tesla graphics processor
unit. See Also Cray Unveils Personal
Supercomputer Cray Inc. News...
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Nanoflowers Improve Ultracapacitors
Technology Review Sep. 16, 2008
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Researchers at the Research
Institute of Chemical Defense
(China) have developed a replacement
for activated-carbon electrodes used
in current ultracapacitors: a
nanotube-manganese-oxide composite
electrode that stores twice as much
charge and delivers five times as
much power. Nanoparticle and carbon
nanotubes (American Chemical...
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Turning Bacteria into Plastic
Factories
Scientific American Sep. 16, 2008
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As a replacement for
energy-intensive oil or natural gas,
scientists at Genomatica have
engineered E. coli bacteria to
produce butanediol (BDO), a chemical
widely used to make...
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Warning sounded on web's future
BBC news Sep. 15, 2008
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee's new World
Wide Web Foundation is looking for
ways to give websites a label for
trustworthiness once they had been
proved reliable sources and help
people separate rumor from real...
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Intel launches six-core Dunnington
chips
zdnet.co.uk Sep. 16, 2008
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Intel launched its first six-core
processors, part of the new Xeon
7400 (code-named "Dunnington") 45nm
family of processors, which will
deliver 1.5 times the performance
per watt of the current 65nm Xeon
7300 series....
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