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Metal Oxide Chips Show Promise as Transistors

Materials that flip from insulator to conductor could make more energy-efficient transistors, although the metals are not yet close to competing with silicon

Moore's Law Found to Apply to Evolution of Technologies Beyond Transistors

A comparison of several mathematical laws regarding costs of technologies finds that industrial growth and productivity can be predicted in many sectors, including aeronautics

Spacecraft Makes First Complete Map of Planet Mercury

NASA's MESSENGER probe has imaged every square meter of the planet's surface

New Comet's Potential Mars Collision in 2014 Explained

Although unlikely, there is a small chance the Comet Siding Spring, an estimated eight to 50 kilometers in diameter, could collide with Mars in October 2014

Is Your User Content Online Legally Yours?

Online privacy and service agreements should sound like what they mean

Europe May Work with China on Space Station

A plan is afoot for China and Europe to collaborate on a space station that could be operational by 2020

Spacecraft Discovers Particle Accelerator at Saturn

Cassini's observations are giving scientists a look at processes that occur during star explosions

Patent Watch: A Heart Monitor in Your Phone

Robot Space Plane Settles into Mystery Mission

The X-37B, a prototype space drone operated by the U.S. Air Force, is entering the third month of a classified space mission

Small Gadgets That Make You Healthier

Mobile phones and tiny sensors are making it easier to quickly flag health trends

The Rich See a Different Internet Than the Poor

Ninety-nine percent of us live on the wrong side of a one-way mirror

Public Participation in Research Back in Vogue with Ascent of "Citizen Science"

A modest effort to enlist amateur bird-watchers in the cause of ornithology wound up producing a fire hose of data and helping rewrite the rules of science

Battle of the File Syncing Services

Tech Talker: Quick and Dirty Tips to Navigate the Digital World

A Keyboard That Rises Up from Flat Touch Screens

A few weeks ago, right before the new BlackBerry 10 phones were announced, I dragged a cameraman to San Francisco's Financial District during lunch hour and asked random strangers to name BlackBerry's best feature...

Snowtweets

Tweet data about snow depths in your area

Something from Nothing? A Vacuum Can Yield Flashes of Light

"Virtual particles" can become real photons--under the right conditions

When Will the Internet Reach Its Limit (and How Do We Stop That from Happening)?

The head of Bell Labs Research says the Internet should deal in information rather than simply bits and bytes

FAA Accepts 20 New Applications to Fly Drones over U.S. Soil

The U.S. State Department, community colleges and--for the first time--a Native American tribal agency, join the Federal Aviation Administration’s drone authorization list

ARGO Network Senses Ocean Changes

More than 3,600 robots probe the seas down to 2,000 meters

Did Google Earth Error Send Murderer to Wrong Address?

Sometimes, even after a murder conviction, some see reasonable doubt that the conviction was a righteous one