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Catch up on green technology with eco-friendly computing, gadgets, electronics, research & innovations news.

  • Crystal 'flowers' bloom in Harvard nanotech lab

    Fri, May 17, 2013 2:00 PM

    by Jillian Scharr, TechNewsDaily

    Harvard researchers have found a way to shape microscopic crystals into complex and often beautiful structures.

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  • How evolution will help us build a better robot

    Wed, May 22, 2013 11:47 AM by Wynne Parry, LiveScience

    Most robots currently in use in the real world are precisely engineered to work in highly constrained environments, and cannot adapt.

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  • Mystery cause of Irish potato famine finally solved

    Wed, May 22, 2013 10:42 AM by John Platt

    After 168 years, the pathogen that created the blight has been identified — and it may never be seen again.

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  • 5 reasons to be excited about the Xbox One

    Wed, May 22, 2013 10:35 AM by Lisa Eadicicco, LAPTOP

    The features for Microsoft's latest gaming console emphasize the system's connection to TV viewing.

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  • NASA funds 3-D pizza printer

    Wed, May 22, 2013 9:33 AM by Denise Chow, SPACE.com

    The proposed pizza would be topped with 'a layer of protein' from animals, milk or plants.

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  • Fire ants inspire ideas for life-saving search-and-rescue robots

    Tue, May 21, 2013 2:39 PM by John Platt

    How do you save people who have been buried by rubble or cave-ins? Fire ants might provide the answers.

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  • Justice! Girl arrested after tweeting about hit and run with cyclist

    Tue, May 21, 2013 2:20 PM by Shea Gunther

    The swift hand of Lady Justice reached out this week to a driver who Tweeted about striking a bicyclist while she was out in her car.

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  • The 7 weirdest things made by 3-D printing

    Tue, May 21, 2013 10:57 AM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience

    3-D printing offers lots of DIY opportunities, but also models of dead kings' faces and stem cells.

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  • Fake forest converts sunlight into chemical energy

    Tue, May 21, 2013 10:40 AM by Elizabeth Palermo, TechNewsDaily

    Mimicking photosynthesis, these nanowire trees absorb light to generate oxygen and hydrogen.

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  • Yahoo’s new Flickr app comes with a terabyte of free storage

    Tue, May 21, 2013 9:47 AM by Lisa Eadicicco, LAPTOP

    The redesigned Flickr reads more like a social network than a photo hosting website, with a recommendation engine that suggests people you may know.

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  • Yahoo offers tour of new Flickr site

    Tue, May 21, 2013 9:09 AM

    Video: Marissa Mayer and Markus Spiering reveal the big changes that are coming to the photo-sharing site.

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  • Famous prime number conjecture one step closer to proof

    Tue, May 21, 2013 8:30 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    New research shows that there are infinite prime numbers separated by a distance of up to 70 million, which could make it possible to solve the twin prime conjecture.

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  • 5 of the best-looking cars ever

    Mon, May 20, 2013 11:13 PM by Jim Motavalli

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but here are some incredibly gorgeous vehicles that nobody can deny.

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  • How salamanders regenerate parts

    Mon, May 20, 2013 3:34 PM by Anna Norris

    Immune cells called macrophages are at the center of the salamander's ability to regrow limbs and regenerate parts of organs.

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  • Former thief invents theft-proof ATMs from his prison cell

    Mon, May 20, 2013 3:20 PM by Jillian Scharr, TechNewsDaily

    Romanian computer expert Valentin Boanta once helped thieves clone credit cards. Now, he has invented an ATM upgrade to prevent card copying altogether.

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  • Joe Farman, ozone hole discoverer, dies at 82

    Mon, May 20, 2013 2:42 PM by Russell McLendon

    Farman not only revealed the atmospheric leak above Antarctica in 1985, but also helped coax humanity into rallying against a global environmental threat.

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