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Supergoo to the rescue
The absorbent stuff in diapers may help clean up after a terrorist attack.
- Tech
Hubble Lives On
Scientists are planning the last servicing mission to one of the most important space telescopes of all time.
By Susan Gaidos -
- Tech
Hubble trouble doubled
The Hubble Space Telescope has faced a series of malfunctions in the last few weeks.
By Emily Sohn - Tech
Ready, unplug, drive
Plug-in hybrid cars, coming within a few years, will help save gasoline.
By Emily Sohn - Tech
Music of the Future
Scientists create new technologies that can make any surface — from a desk to a wall — sing.
- Computing
Troubles with Hubble
Just before a planned repair mission, the space telescope went quiet.
By Susan Gaidos -
- Tech
Nanomagnets corral oil
Scientists may have found a clever way to clean up oil spills -- with magnets.
By Emily Sohn - Tech
Undercover detectives
T-rays are digitally uncovering everything including potential terrorists, buried images on church walls, and subsurface flaws in the foam used to protect space shuttles.
- Tech
Cell phone tattlers
DNA evidence left on cell phones can help detectives solve crimes.
By Emily Sohn - Tech
Big Machine Reveals Small Worlds
A football-field-sized machine is giving researchers insight into medicine, forensics, and even chocolate.
By Emily Sohn