Adobe's AIR allows applications to bridge the Web and desktop.

A novel wireless EKG monitor could make diagnosing heart conditions much easier.

Nanoparticles can be activated by radio frequencies.

George Church wants to sequence your entire genome.

Researchers have made defect-free gallium-nitride nanowires that could replace bulky quartz crystals in cell-phone receivers.

Microwaves can significantly shrink cancer cells.

The failure of a highly anticipated game shows the academic limits of virtual worlds.

A new genetic database could help reveal why animals age so differently.

Google's new technology could enable location-finding services on cell phones that lack GPS.

Future diagnostic tests for cancer may probe cell stiffness.

How might expanding Google's cloud-computing service alter the digital world?

MIT researchers have invented a microfluidic way to efficiently make particles with exquisite internal structure.

Smart Desktop automatically groups documents and communications by project.

Catheters fitted with lights could be inserted more easily.

An MIT spinoff is finally ready to begin testing smart implants for drug delivery and sensing.

A massive AI project called CALO could revolutionize machine learning.

A microgenerator could power portable devices for troops.

New models of the human liver will help uncover toxicity problems before drugs reach the clinic.

A computer simulation could eventually allow neuroscience to be carried out in silico.

A Denver company finds a good use for high-frequency harmonics.

New drugs 1,000 times more powerful than the resveratrol found in red wine will soon be tested in humans to treat diabetes.

New software lets robots pick up objects they have never seen before--an important step toward creating multifunctional domestic helpers.

Congress pushes for another look at thorium fuel, saying it could reduce the amount of high-level nuclear waste produced by reactors.

A new surgical method is the first step in making prostheses with sensory capabilities.