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A New Route to Cellulosic Biofuels

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

ZeaChem's pilot plant will make ethanol using termite microbes.

Thin-Film Solar with High Efficiency

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Solexant is printing inorganic solar cells with nanomaterials.

Computers Can't Answer Everything

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A startup says natural language processing works best with human intelligence.

Bendable Magnetic Interface

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A sensing surface developed by Microsoft researchers offers new ways to use computers.

DNS Security Protocol Gains Momentum

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Secure Internet-address-lookup technology readied for .net and .com domains.

Sequencing Price Drops Even Lower

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Start-up Complete Genomics reveals three new human genomes.

Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cells

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Drugs embedded in special polymers can more effectively shrink tumors.

Ultracapacitor Startup Gets a Big Boost

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

An energy storage startup gets new government funding.

High-Energy Batteries Coming to Market

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Rechargeable zinc-air batteries can store three times the energy of a lithium-ion battery.

Etching Out Organic Displays

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Company will sell materials for making organic electronics using silicon manufacturing infrastructure.

Blood Test Offers More Accurate Picture of Health

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A Seattle company is developing rapid tests for thousands of proteins.

Commercializing Garbage to Ethanol

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Startup Coskata has opened a "semi-commercial" ethanol plant to demonstrate its technology.

Clean Tech's Hot New Tool

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Smaller and more practical electron-beam emitters could save millions of tons of C02 emissions.

Merging Video with Maps

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A new system uses panoramic images to create navigation videos that highlight turns and landmarks.

Biofuel from Sewage

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Qteros forms a partnership to use sewage as a feedstock for making ethanol.

Is China Beating the U.S. in Clean Tech?

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The president of NRDC points to a growing investment by China in energy technologies.

Flash Forward for Mobile

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Adobe announces a full Flash player for netbooks and smartphones, but not for the iPhone.

Private Space Technology Powers Up

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Former astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz says the private sector can help NASA, and reckons he has the rocket to prove it.

Startup That Builds Biological Parts

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Ginkgo BioWorks aims to push synthetic biology to the factory level.

A Web Spider for Everyone

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A startup uses PC idle time to crawl Web pages on demand.