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Chemistry World May 9, 2013 James Urquhart	Greener, cleaner steel US researchers have developed a greener way to produce metals such as steel. Their process could cut greenhouse gas emissions while using earth abundant and affordable metals.
National Defense June 2013 Stew Magnuson	Handheld Chemical Cloud Identifier Hits First Responder Market BLOCK Engineering has shrunk a fixed-sight chemical cloud detector down to where it can be carried into the field.
Chemistry World May 2, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Solar panel slims down to a few atoms thick An international team of researchers has constructed an atom thin photovoltaic device with unusually high quantum efficiency -- a measure of the photons converted into charge carrying electrons -- of 30%.
Information Today May 2, 2013	Thomson Reuters' Techstreet Launches Redesigned Website The website features enhanced usability and navigation that easily connects engineers, librarians, and technical professionals to mission critical industry codes and standards from the world`s leading Standards Developing Organizations.
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Tekla S. Perry	Irwin Jacobs: Captain of CDMA Qualcomm cofounder Irwin M. Jacobs wins the 2013 IEEE Medal of Honor for his pioneering work in digital communications
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Peter Fairley	Germany Takes the Lead in HVDC New developments in high-voltage DC electronics could herald an epic shift in energy delivery
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Jean Kumagai	The Smartest, Greenest Grid What the little Danish island of Bornholm is showing the world about the future of energy
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Tam Harbert	The Troubled Life of Patent No. 6,456,841 Tracing the tortured legal trail of a simple smartphone patent
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Mitchell Lazarus	When Spectrum Auctions Fail For some microwave links, cooperation beats competition as a way to share the air
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Dave Levitan	A Solar Mirage in the Middle East? The oil-rich monarchs' ambitions for solar power will be tough to achieve
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Eliza Strickland	A Wiring Diagram of the Brain Advances in medical imaging allow the Human Connectome Project to map neural connections
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Ariel Bleicher	Eye-Tracking Software Goes Mobile Umoove aims to bring hands-free control to phones and tablets
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Alexander Hellemans	Nanowire Transistors Could Keep Moore's Law Alive Researchers are perfecting ways to produce gate-all-around devices
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 John Voelcker	Fisker Automotive: Fraught With Failure Does the U.S. Department of Energy have the guts to tolerate defaults on its loans?
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Robert W. Lucky	Sensuous Electronics As we design electronics, let's not forget the urge to see and touch them
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Stephen Cass	Mobile Broadband's Boom Are wired data connections going the way of phone landlines?
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Jean Kumagai	Profile: Limor Fried The founder of Adafruit Industries champions Do-It-Yourself electronics
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Stephen Cass	Review: Duo Gamer A Bluetooth controller makes the iPad a better platform for hard-core gaming
Chemistry World April 19, 2013 James Urquhart	Solar boost for gas power stations US researchers are developing a system that could boost the efficiency of gas-fired power plants while reducing their greenhouse emissions.
Chemistry World April 18, 2013 Yuandi Li	Reducing the cost of perovskite solar cells A new way of making semiconducting perovskite-based solar cells could result in photovoltaic devices that are 70% cheaper than current commercial models, say UK scientists.
Chemistry World April 17, 2013 Jennifer Newton	Reconstructing how the Romans made glass By analyzing samples of Roman glass, researchers in Belgium and the UK hope to uncover clues about how the glass was made and the geographical provenance of the raw materials.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Opportunities for Non-Military Robots Increase In the last decade, the U.S. military poured money into unmanned ground systems to help protect troops against improvised explosive devices, but the Defense Department won't need all those robots once the war in Afghanistan comes to a close.
National Defense May 2013 Dan Parsons	3D Printing Provides Fast, Practical Fixes While most 3D printing applications have been whimsical rather than practical -- the Army's mobile lab is producing real-world objects that are saving lives in war zones.
National Defense May 2013 Michael Sloane	Army Developing New Sensors and Lasers for Infantry Troops The new sensors and lasers will enhance the ability of infantry troops to engage targets accurately at distances, at all light levels, and in obscured environments.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Satellite Company Claims It Can Prevent Weather Data Gap Executives at PlanetIQ, a joint venture by several space companies, say they can solve the problem by launching a constellation of 12 low-earth orbit satellites that use a method called GPS radio occultation.
Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Laura Howes	Droplet printing assembles soft networks Producing soft networks of droplets is now much less laborious and time consuming.
Chemistry World April 2, 2013 Cameron Hall	Mathematical modeling in science and engineering This book, by Ismael Herrera and George Pinder, is intended as an introductory text to bridge the gap between scientists and mathematicians.
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Lawrence Ulrich	Top 10 Tech Cars: Slenderized This year's cars do more with less weight and it's official: guzzling gas is out of style.
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Rachel Courtland	Laser Fusion's Brightest Hope The National Ignition Facility houses the world's most powerful laser. Is it enough to ignite a fusion revolution?
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Ariel Bleicher	Peaceful Coexistence on the Radio Spectrum The trials of a small team of engineers who set out to reanimate paralyzed limbs demonstrate the virtues of dynamic spectrum sharing
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Ahn et al.	The All-Electric Car You Never Plug In Wireless power transmission would let EVs draw their power from the road
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Lawrence Ulrich	Top Tech Cars 2013: Chevrolet Spark Who needs dashboard buttons?
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Lawrence Ulrich	Top Tech Cars 2013: Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Again, we get unmatched speed from the master of same
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Lawrence Ulrich	Top Tech Cars 2013: Ford Fusion Energi Ford hits the magic mark: 100 miles per gallon
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Lawrence Ulrich	Top Tech Cars 2013: Infiniti Q50 Today, drive by wire; tomorrow, drive by robot
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Lawrence Ulrich	Top Tech Cars 2013: Land Rover Range Rover It's lighter than it looks
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Lawrence Ulrich	Top Tech Cars 2013: Mazda6 Japan unveils the diesel engine with the least compression.
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Lawrence Ulrich	Top Tech Cars 2013: Nissan DeltaWing It flies through the air with the greatest of ease.
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Lawrence Ulrich	Top Tech Cars 2013: Tesla Model S The year's most significant car just happens to be electric
IEEE Spectrum April 2013	Top Tech Cars 2013: Volkswagen XL1 Voila: The world's first production 1-liter car
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Rachel Courtland	Better Eyes for Flying Robots New systems could improve the vision of micro aerial vehicles
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Neil Savage	Path Found to a Combined MRI and CT Scanner Omni-tomography could add together the advantages of several medical imaging technologies
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Jean Kumagai	Protecting the Power Grid From Solar Storms New spacecraft will aid forecasts of space weather.
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Peter Fairley	Residential Solar Power Heads Toward Grid Parity Some rooftop photovoltaics are already cost-effective
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 G. Pascal Zachary	When Innovating, Go Slow Advances in technoscience take human ingenuity -- and time
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Steve Hodges	Easy Prototyping With Microsoft Gadgeteer Build your own consumer electronics with this system from Microsoft
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Stephen Cass	European Innovation Varies by Country In the aftermath of financial crisis, German enterprises lead the pack in investing in the future
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Alaina G. Levine	Rick Mahurin Applies Technical Wizardry to Auto Racing On the track with a motor sport MacGyver, who is a data-acquisition engineer for Walker Racing.
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Susan Karlin	Start-up Profile: Tactus Technology Without the tactile feedback provided by buttons, it can be easy to lose a sense of where you are on the display or of data you have entered. This CES darling adds tactile feedback to virtual keyboards.
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