December 2007 News Analysis

$280 Million Robot Dustup

Roomba maker accuses military contract winner of stealing trade secrets

Fueling a Robotic Arms Race

Rocket propellant to make prosthetic arms better, stronger, faster

Slower light for faster telecom networks

Promising research could yield better optical data storage

Smart Sheet Combines Wireless Power Supply and Wireless Communications

Tokyo engineers mix MEMS and organic electronics in a flexible plastic substrate for low-power link and wireless power for portables

Japanese Engineers Turn High-k Dielectric Transistor Problem on Its Head

One gate metal and two high-k dielectrics could mean cheaper and easier 45-nanometer CMOS process

Plastic Computer Memory's Secret Is Gold Nanoparticles

Taiwanese engineers make simple, stable nonvolatile memory from mix of plastic and nanoparticles

Scientists Start Quest for the Silicon Quantum Computer

Sandia research could link silicon circuits to quantum computers

Artificial Arm Researchers Restore Feeling of Missing Limb

New knowledge will let amputees control and feel with robotic arms

Carbon Nanotubes Take the Heat Off Chips

Purdue scientists find flexible filaments best

Messenger Arrives At Mercury

Catastrophic Climate Change From Outer Space

A new theory says asteroids helped plunge Europe into its last big cold snap

Zoos Network To Contain Disease

Online health records could keep outbreaks from spreading to humans

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