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Clean Water for the Developing World: By Katherine Bourzac
Wednesday, September 08, 2010; Cotton fabric treated with nano inks produces a water filter that's efficient and needs little power to work.

Robotic Storm Tracker Gets a Big Test with Earl: By Brittany Sauser | 09/02/2010; The largest-ever storm monitoring mission is now gathering scientific data that was previously impossible to get.

Nano Switches that Store More Data Head to Market: By Katherine Bourzac | 08/31/2010 | 3 Comments; Products featuring memristors could appear in 2013.

A Simple Filter Could Make LCDs More Efficient: By Katherine Bourzac | 08/30/2010 | 2 Comments; The new approach wastes far less light, saving energy.

Searching for Fun: By Erica Naone | 08/27/2010; Research suggests that search engines could tap into users' need to be entertained.

New Electronics, Cheaper OLED TVs: By Katherine Bourzac | 08/25/2010 | 3 Comments; Stacked components could make OLED screens competitive with LCDs.

A Search Service that Can Peer into the Future: By Tom Simonite | 08/25/2010 | 2 Comments; A Yahoo Research tool mines news archives for meaning--illuminating past, present, and even future events.

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