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A stolen formula for an electronic component has led to the failure of hundreds of PCs.

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Chipmakers face a new obstacle to further gains in performance.

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A 3.5-inch disk that can hold a few feature-length films today could have the capacity to store a personal library of a thousand films.

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There's hot stuff up telecom's sleeve.

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In the United States, the Northeast Corridor could become the proving ground for high-speed rail.

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Caught in the economy, airlines are cutting ticket costs as much as possible.

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Thanks to the Kyoto Protocol, bartering carbon dioxide could be the next big thing.

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The short answer is that nobody knows how close Saddam is to possessing his long-sought bomb, but that hasn't stopped the speculation.

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Tissue engineering finds robots, computers, and chip-making techniques vital to the marketable manufacture of synthetic skin.

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A Los Angeles sheriff's deputy is creating a world-renowned test bed for police technology.

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Nuclear-powered rockets are needed before humankind can begin to explore the solar system in earnest.

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The research community has reacted with near-incredulity to an investigatory panel's revelations about Jan Hendrik Schon's misconduct.

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In an always-on world, instant messaging is the way to be available--when and with whom you want.

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High-tech voting machines are rapidly being rolled out to replace punch-cards, levers, and other low-tech systems, but appear to have problems of their own.

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Is Nevada's ridge of volcanic rock our best hope for storing nuclear waste or is it the centerpiece of a public relations ploy?

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A new way of detecting breast cancer promises greater accuracy and less discomfort.

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National governments work to tame activity on the Internet.

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Since 11 September 2001, what technologies, shifts in thinking, or changes in procedure have been developed to prevent or mitigate a future attack?

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When it comes to R&D, high tech corporations have no choice but to "run as fast as they can."

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Within a few years engineers may turn to optical fibers and other laser-based systems to speed up the flow of data inside computers.

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Smarter disk drives could mean faster, more secure and more reliable storage solutions.

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Software companies are pushing for draconian legislation that would abolish century-old doctrines protecting the rights of users of intellectual property.

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By ignoring low-level and localized effects, exposure standards for electromagnetic radiation are not suited to a world of cellphones, base stations, wireless PDAs, and radars.

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A digital hub that stores your music library, organizes your photo albums, downloads movies and TV shows, and distributes all of that around your house may be the next hot consumer product--but who will make it and what it will look like have yet to be determined.

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Twelve top media companies are moving from creating content to distributing it within your home.

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Cheap to make, simple to cool, easy to shape into wires, magnesium diboride could throw the field of superconducting applications wide open.

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With $5 billion spent, there is still no solution to the dangerous nuclear waste problems at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State.

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Does a recent Supreme Court decision expand or limit the rights of patent holders to sue copycats, and does it matter?

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Non-line-of-sight wireless systems promise strong signals for high-speed Internet access.

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Introduced a half century ago, the mother of all numerical displays is staging a comeback in clocks.

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The U.S. Congress and the FCC should stop micromanaging so the industry, in time, can shake out, wake up, and begin growing again.

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Super-fast, ultra-tough transistors of gallium nitride could help usher in broadband wireless communications, better hybrid electric cars, compact radars, and dozens of other breakthroughs.

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Quantum mechanics could make encrypted messages absolutely secure.

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The directive on electrical and electronic waste that has just passed the European Union's Parliament would require manufacturers to take back and recycle their old machines--and may trigger new recycling technologies.

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New glucose monitors extract more information from fewer pinpricks.

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In the near future, there will be a fundamental shift in the business strategies needed to compete successfully in the microprocessor business.

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On-board electronics account for about 20 percent of a car's cost; they need to be even more accountable in terms of reliability.

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Thanks to advances in composite materials and magnetic bearings, flywheel batteries are looking good for a variety of applications: high-speed trains, hybrid buses, "stealth" planes, orbiting space stations, and reliable electric power.

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Designers have been tagging their microchips with fanciful images since the 1970s, but will shorter development cycles and smarter software erase chip graffiti?

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The Pentagon is taking a cue from the film and computer game industries to reinvent the way it trains soldiers and leaders for battle.

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Cutting and pasting intellectual property speeds the design of a system on a chip.

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When the Soviet Union collapsed, its former rocket industries were also pushed to the brink of collapse. However, Russian and Ukrainian companies have managed to keep nearly the entire Soviet fleet flying by turning themselves into commercial space organizations.

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Modular reconfigurable robots can change shape to suit any task or terrain.

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A team of Dutch newcomers shocked observers by winning the 2001 World Solar Challenge, a grueling 3000-kilometer race across the Australian continent.

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Because their wavelengths (colors) can be changed on the fly, tunable lasers promise to open the way to exciting new on-demand services while simplifying telecommunication network maintenance.

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IEEE Spectrum presents nine critical challenges for 2002.

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For high-tech gifts, this holiday season will be remembered as the year when the small got tiny, and the tiny got downright minuscule.

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In the decade ahead, China may well overtake Japan, Europe, and Russia and become second only to the United States in space activities.

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IEEE Spectrum examines the battle for market share and mind share in the realm of embedded operating systems.

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A growing band of experimenters think they have seen the future of electronics, and it is spin.