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AskMen.com Fraser Masefield	Formula 1 Tech Formula 1 is a sport that relies on technology. And as with all technology, there's always room for improvement.
Chemistry World April 15, 2012 Jon Evans	Synthetic chemists print labware to order Not only do 3D printers offer the possibility of producing vessels with much more complex architectures, but the vessels can be designed to influence the course of the reaction or even to take part in it.
Chemistry World April 10, 2012 Andy Extance	Microfluidic Fuel Cell Powers Forward Researchers have challenged prevailing fuel cell wisdom by throwing out three standard characteristics of today's mainstream systems to drive down their cost.
Chemistry World April 3, 2012 Steve Down	Tuning into a radio solution to money forgers Scientists in Saudi Arabia have fitted radiofrequency identification tags to banknotes to prevent counterfeiting.
Chemistry World April 3, 2012 Helen Gray	Mass spectrometry imaging: the new tool in counterfeit security The ever-increasing sophistication of the counterfeit trade is a growing economic problem, and when applied to pharmaceuticals, dangerous to human health.
National Defense May 2012 Eric Beidel	Air Force Seeks Impossible-to-Intercept Communications The Air Force has enlisted a group of researchers to create quantum memories based on the interaction between light and matter that would result in a new form of encryption that some experts have called "perfect."
National Defense May 2012 Eric Beidel	Underwater Vehicles Take on Jellyfish Form Biologists and engineers have built an underwater vehicle that looks and swims like a jellyfish in response to the Navy's desire to create a network of underwater sensors that could move like animals in the ocean.
National Defense May 2012 Eric Beidel	Software Shows Undersea Drones Quickest Route Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have developed software that finds the best paths for automated underwater vehicles to travel.
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 Tekla S. Perry	Marissa Mayer: Google's Chic Geek This self-proclaimed "girly girl" runs one of Google's fastest-growing services
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 Gregory L. Matloff	Deflecting Asteroids A solar sail could use light to nudge an earthbound rock into an orbit we could live with
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