October 2004 News Analysis

Energy Tangle In China

Rolling blackouts tie production in knots

Electrical Fuse Lets Chips Heal Themselves

IBM engineers turn a fault into a feature

CERN Turns 50

Five decades of breakthroughs, from the W particle to the World Wide Web

Carbon Pillars Power Microbatteries

California researchers close in on chip-scale energy

New Pacemakers Prove MRI-Proof

With some precautions, modern models are immune to scanner's deadly influence

Trade Rallies

X Prize Upate: SpaceShipOne Takes the Gold

US $10 million Ansari X Prize goes to Mojave team

Beyond the X Prize

Winner already working on tourist spacecraft; contest for orbital flight rumored

World Cyber Games Finals

U.S. team beats legendary geeks from 58 other countries in computer and video game Championships

Silicon Carbide Circuits on the Way

Silicon's tougher cousin will have applications in high-power and high-frequency devices