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: A Design for Cheaper Wind Power; By Kevin Bullis
Monday, December 01, 2008; A design that draws on jet engine technology could halve the cost of generating electricity from wind.

: Making an Old Brain Young; By Emily Singer
Monday, December 01, 2008; Scientists are developing new ways to manipulate the brain's normal plasticity.

: Improving Prenatal Testing; By Rachel Kremen
Monday, December 01, 2008; A DNA chip could make it easier to diagnose rare conditions while the patient is still in utero.

: How Cells Age; By Jocelyn Rice
Wednesday, November 26, 2008; Parallels between mice and yeast uncover a potentially universal aging mechanism.

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News from Around the Web

Papua mulls microchips for HIV: 12/01/2008 | via news.bbc.co.uk; Papua province in Indonesia mulls the introduction of a law allowing microchips to be implanted in people living with HIV.

The ACTN3 sports gene test: what can it really tell you?: 11/30/2008 | via scienceblogs.com; Disclaimer: I was one of the authors on the first study to report a link between ACTN3 and athletic performance, but I have no financial ...

Turkey Genome to Be Sequenced: 11/26/2008 | via livescience.com; During this Thanksgiving season, hungry diners won't be the only ones turning their attention to the tasty birds. Scientists plan to use the latest technology ...

Thomson stem-cell companies consolidate: 11/25/2008 | via blogs.nature.com; Three University of Wisconsin companies founded by ES-cell rock star James Thomson are joining up, according to an article from the Associated Press. The new ...

Human Tissue Startup 'Putting the Band Together Again': 11/24/2008 | via xconomy.com; San Diego's Advanced Tissue Sciences tried for 14 years to develop living-tissue patches for healing burns, wounds and chronic sores. But the business went into ...

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An Easier Upgrade to Holographic Storage
Friday, October 10, 2008
Watch Brian Lawrence, manager of GE’s Integrated Polymer Systems Lab, in Niskayuna, NY, discuss the history of recording media. He also explains how holographic storage discs are made and how data is written to them.
(7min 48sec)