Monthly Archives: March 2006

Ten emerging technologies

… from the great innovation machine, also known as MIT. Do take a look at the latest issue of Technology Review. The technolgies include nanomedicine and nanobiomechanics. In fact, the latter describes the work of Prof. Subra Suresh of MIT’s … Continue reading

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Another interesting case

In this NYTimes story, Kenneth Chang reports on a paper being withdrawn by the leader of the group that did the experiments: A Columbia University chemistry professor has retracted two papers and part of a third published in a leading … Continue reading

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The Economist on open source projects

To get a sense of just how powerful the open-source method can be, consider the Firefox web browser. Over the last three years it has crept up on mighty Microsoft to claim a market share of around 14% in America … Continue reading

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