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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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  • Massive jellyfish robot could monitor the seas

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 4:08 PM by Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience

    Jellyfish provide models for engineers to mimic when building oceanic monitors in terms of movement in the water and sizes based on habitat.

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  • Solar-powered plane to make cross-country flight

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 3:18 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    The Solar Impulse isn't ready for a trip around the world yet. It needs more efficient batteries and motors first.

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  • Cleaning up killer gasoline

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 1:39 PM by Jim Motavalli

    The EPA is proposing a two-thirds cut in gasoline's sulfur content, and is whacking away at other gas-borne pollutants, too. But the refiners say the new law will push up prices at the pump.

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  • 3 best alternatives after TweetDeck's demise

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:20 AM by Lisa L. Kirchner, TechNewsDaily

    TweetDeck allowed you to read and post to Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn all in one app.

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  • Shroud of Turin real? Debate resurrected

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 11:20 AM by Marc Lallanilla, LiveScience

    The linen cloth, allegedly the burial shroud of Jesus, was closely examined in 1988 in laboratories in Switzerland, England and the U.S. using carbon-dating techniques.

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  • Biological transistor may bring computers to life

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:16 AM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience

    Living cells could be made into mini-computers, thanks to genetic devices called transcriptors.

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  • Facebook user gets kidney donor wish in 90 minutes

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 9:59 AM

    Video: Eddie Beatrice used social media to bypass multi-year waiting list for a kidney.

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  • Secret to human evolution is brain organization, not size

    Thu, Mar 28, 2013 12:53 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer

    Scientists have established that humans' superior intelligence is all thanks to the brain's organization, not its size.

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  • Teens learn the art of driving a manual transmission

    Thu, Mar 28, 2013 12:42 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby

    The prevalence of automatic transmissions is leading to an entire generation of youth who may never know how to drive a manual transmission.

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  • 'Superman' particles: Neutrinos can change type

    Thu, Mar 28, 2013 11:59 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    An exotic tau neutrino has been caught appearing for the first time since 2010.

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  • The truth behind the 'biggest cyberattack in history'

    Thu, Mar 28, 2013 11:05 AM by Paul Wagenseil, TechNewsDaily

    An enigmatic web-hosting company allegedly-led a large-scale cyberattack on March 27 caused the global Internet to slow down.

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  • Live from New York, it's the 2013 Auto Show

    Thu, Mar 28, 2013 10:39 AM by Jim Motavalli

    BMW, Nissan and Mercedes go electric, Ford talks fuel economy, and much more.

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  • What your gadgets really say about you

    Wed, Mar 27, 2013 5:35 PM by Barbara E. Hernandez, LAPTOP

    Believe it or not, your technological preferences speak volumes about the kind of person you are.

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  • Ford looking to app developers to help increase drivers' fuel economy

    Wed, Mar 27, 2013 2:29 PM by Daniel Howley, LAPTOP

    The auto manufacturer wants to use its OpenXC connectivity research platform to give developers access to vehicles' data.

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  • New organic solar cells process sunlight as plants do

    Wed, Mar 27, 2013 2:18 PM by Marshall Honorof, TechNewsDaily

    Inspired by nature, scientists have developed an organic solar cell that could one day supplant artificial solar cells.

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