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August 28, 2008

Beyond Nano Breakthrough, MIT Team Quietly Builds Virus-Based Batteries

In a sudden development that could have implications for electronics, cars and even the military, researchers at MIT have created the world's first batteries constructed at the nano-scale by microscopic viruses....
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August 14, 2008

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10 Big Questions for Maverick Geneticist J. Craig Venter on America's Energy Future

Geneticist J. Craig Venter raced to map the human genome in the 1990s. Now he's putting the same cutting-edge science to work engineering a whole new generation of biofuels....
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July 28, 2008

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New Wind Power Tech Has Old-Fashioned Roots: Time Machine (November 1974)

In 1974, PM first reported on the utility of wind power for average Americans and the potential for commercialization....
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As Qantas Hurries Down Another Plane, Answers Emerge in First Emergency

Investigators say exploding oxygen tanks stored in a cargo hold may be to blame for a Friday incident where a Qantas jumbo jet made an emergency landing with a 10 foot hole in its fuselage....
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July 25, 2008

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