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• A Faster Way to Detect Heart Attacks
A diagnostic chip tests saliva to determine if someone is having a heart attack.

• Social Networking Meets Personal Finance
Web-based startups offer social features that help people make better financial decisions.

• Archiving E-mail Effectively
The White House's recent problems archiving e-mail could be solved by emerging technologies.

• Building the Zero-Emissions City
A city being built in Abu Dhabi will serve as a large-scale test for renewable energy.

• Tiny Blood Pumps for Failing Hearts
A new heart aid could be implanted without invasive surgery.

• Biologists Enlist Online Gamers
Players of a new game will design HIV vaccines and other proteins.

• Focusing on Solar's Cost
Sunrgi claims that its concentrated photovoltaic system outshines the competition.

• Stopping Ship-Whale Collisions
A detection system picks up the calls of right whales and warns ships.

• Flocking Together on the Web
A new Web browser unifies access to multiple social networks.

• Nanowires for Displays
Copper nanowires could be used in ultra-thin field-emission displays that are brighter and sharper than flat-panel displays.

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• NASA Satellite Images Burma Cyclone
A novel imaging instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captures the devastation that Cyclone Nargis caused to the Myanmar coast.

• A Zero-Emissions City in the Desert
Oil money is being enlisted to build a city that will use no oil and produce no carbon emissions.

• Me on the Wii
Nintendo's design philosophy exceeds that of Apple. Modern design melds with modern fun. "Cool" is augmented with "human comfort"--a rare quality in the digital world.

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• Combining Research, Markets, and Money
Innovators at 2008 Ideastream discuss the future of research.

• Contaminant in Blood Thinner Identified
Research team led by MIT professor.

• Internet Pop-Culture Memes
The unique language of LOLCats at ROFLCon.

• Genetic Non-Discrimination Act Finally Passes
It could be a boon to genomics research and personal genomics companies.

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• Yahoo Opens Wide
The Web company will give programmers a chance to tinker with and combine the majority of its services.

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