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Biosciences

Fat Rats Give Clue to Obesity

An experiment reducing the level of a chemical in rats’ brains offers a promising strategy for new obesity drugs.
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Biosciences

Vioxx Test Data Challenged

Doctors’ group alleges Merck chose animal tests over human tests to prove Vioxx was safe and effective.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Social nets: goldmine or rat hole?

Love them or loath them, the plethora of social networking companies are raising dust in the VC world.
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Computers, General news, Security, Internet

Lab rat: Swapping gets legit

P2P schemes make the big leap into the corporation.
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Archives

Lab Rat: No mere hole in the wall

Instead of copying DNA in the billions and testing it in bulk, scientists are learning how to decode a single strand by passing it through a tiny hole -- a procedure called nanopore sequencing.
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Archives

Lab Rat: Smart antennas

Rather than broadcasting radio waves to cell phones, why not beam them to each one, with laserlike accuracy?
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Archives

Lab Rat: Growing your own bone

To get cells to grow into tissue, a scientist is providing a framework made from so-called smart gels, which release growth factors just when they are needed.
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Archives, Magazine

Lab Rat: A visionary enterprise

Augmented-reality devices move from science fiction to the commercial market.
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Archives

Lab Rat: Building a better canary

Researchers are exploring the use of living cells and micro-organs to warn of the presence of dangerous toxins and aid in the discovery of new drugs.
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Archives

Lab Rat: Brainy panes

At last, smart glass that comes with a dimmer switch.
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Lab Rat: Totally tubular

It's back to the future in the stratosphere of high-end stereos, where vacuum tubes rule again.
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Archives

Lab Rat: Virtual light

"Augmented reality" -- the union of virtual reality and, well, reality -- may be coming soon to a headset near you.
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Archives

Lab Rat: Let's play with Microsoft

With new technology under development to make games more personal, Microsoft is getting serious about the gaming industry.
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Archives

Lab Rat: Carnegie Mellon's robo-nurse

Lab Rat: Sebastian Thrun, director of the Robot Learning Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, has developed the nurse of the future -- a five-foot-tall android named Flo.
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Lab Rat: There's no computer like no computer

Lab Rat: Inside IBM's Planet Blue.
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Lab Rat: Small talk

Lab Rat: Nanotechnology isn't just science fiction anymore, thanks in part to companies like Zyvex.
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Lab Rat: Actually, this is rocket science, part 2

Lab Rat: Could quantum computers really make encryption unbreakable? When quantum computers actually come to market, that is.
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Archives

Lab Rat: Actually, this is rocket science

Lab Rat: Why the qubit is the next great hope for computing.
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Lab Rat: Novell sees promise in the proxy

Lab Rat: Novell wants to be the star of tomorrow's smarter networks.
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Lab Rat: Graphics guru goes retro

Lab Rat: David Salesin wins Siggraph award for preserving pen and ink, watercoloring techniques in the digital age.
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