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Green Crude
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Jan 7 2009
Never mind falling oil prices. Bill Gates and the Rockefellers think they know a better way to fill up your gas tank: algae (Yes, we mean pond scum).
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2009: The Year of Bespoke Medicine
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Dec 31 2008
Technology, science, medicine, and business are converging to deliver more information than ever about you and your body. Individually tailored medical care is coming.
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Discount DNA
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Dec 17 2008
Complete Genomics says it can sequence a human genome for a fraction of the current cost; a savings that could make DNA scanning affordable to millions.
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Finding Cancer in a Drop of Blood
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Nov 26 2008
A new test uses the science of “systems biology” to diagnose cancer with a single drop of blood at 1/10,000th the current price.
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Mind Reader
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Nov 19 2008
Updated: A start-up wants to attach its iBrain to your head while you sleep to detect abnormalities and disease—and perchance to detect your dreams.
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Statins, Heart Attack, and Genes
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Nov 12 2008
The age of personalized medicine is a step closer. One recent study on statins shows how they improve health, another identifies people at risk for side effects.
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Obama on Science
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Nov 5 2008
Barack Obama has a daunting task in repairing eight years of Bush neglect of science and technology. But will there be enough money?
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The Idea-to-Drug Gap
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Oct 22 2008
A study finds that medical research takes decades to move from labs to clinics. What's being done to shorten the lag in translating discoveries into treatments?
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Investing In Our Future
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Oct 8 2008
While we're spending hundreds of billions to bail out financial institutions, why not also bail in the future by investing more in science and technology?
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Frequent Fliers and Flame Retardants
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Sep 24 2008
A study in Sweden reveals that flame retardants designed to protect people show up in high levels inside airplane cabins, and in humans—including our columnist.
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How Smart Are You? The Answer's Here
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Sep 14 2008
For those who took the Portfolio.com “Brain Age” test, the company that ran the test shares some results on how smart you really are.
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My Brain Makes Me Nervous
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Sep 10 2008
M.R.I. scans reveal our fear of bosses and rivals, of saying something stupid, of taking chances—oh, and of lions, tigers, and bears.
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Will There Be Blood?
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Aug 27 2008
A flailing stem-cell company says it's invented synthetic blood. If so, it will mean a victory for stem cells.
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Desperate for a Cure
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Aug 13 2008
Dozens of companies are trying to come up with a cure for Alzheimer's disease; one announces a novel technique that reaps a whirlwind of publicity ... prematurely.
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A Quant's Quest
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Jul 30 2008
Having conquered Wall Street, hedge fund manager David E. Shaw takes up a real challenge: Unlocking the secrets of life.
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Game of Hearts
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Jul 16 2008
Predicting complex nuclear-attack scenarios used to be the, er, bomb in computer modeling. Now it's complicated human systems that test new drugs and forecast, in a first-ever test, one person's cardiac fate.
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Fuels of the Future
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Jul 2 2008
By focusing on corn-based ethanol and ignoring alternatives such as algae, Congress may make a mistake as big as one the Romans made two millennia ago.
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How Smart Are You?
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Jun 18 2008
The business of assessing cognition and memory is moving from testing brain-impaired patients to assessing healthy peoples' brains online.
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Starving Science
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Jun 4 2008
Congress makes a tepid attempt to boost federal funding for medical research and regulation to Bush's 2009 budget, but it's not enough.
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Just What the Doctor Ordered
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May 21 2008
GlaxoSmithKline and Eli Lilly break with the rest of the drug industry on pricing and on disclosing studies and doctors' perks.
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