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Algae: Another way to grow edible oils

Solazyme already converts algae into transportation fuel. Coming up next: Food oils that are healthier than canola oil.

January 25, 2008, 4:00 AM PST

Traveling exhibit offers 'CSI' experience

Visitors to a Boston science museum solve simulated crimes through lab experiments, 'morgue' visits and computer analysis.
Photos: Exhibit lets you star in 'CSI'

October 4, 2007, 4:00 AM PDT

Temporary parks dominate parking spaces across the U.S.

reporter's notebook On the third-annual PARK(ing) Day, urban parking spaces across the country were commandeered and turned into small oases.
Photos: Put up a PARK(ing) lot

September 21, 2007, 5:22 PM PDT

This is your brain on video games, ads

It may sound like science fiction, but one company is helping market researchers track how the brain responds to content like games and ads.
Photos: Scanning brain waves

August 21, 2007, 4:00 AM PDT

Why do humans walk on two legs? To save energy

Chimps on treadmills may help explain why human ancestors evolved into bipeds 10 million years ago.
Images: Humans vs. chimps at the gym

July 23, 2007, 1:27 PM PDT

Testing the waters for clean tech

High Impact Sensicore, which marries IT and water management, is one of the few clean tech start-ups planning an IPO.
Photos: Water monitors

July 23, 2007, 4:00 AM PDT

Squeezing more fuel out of scraps

The barnyard has lots of energy potential. But the waste--whether animal- or vegetable-based--needs to be treated properly.

July 1, 2007, 9:01 PM PDT

Oil giant BP invests in microbe specialist

BP and Synthetic Genomics aim to exploit microbes on an industrial scale; research is part of an emerging field not without controversy.

June 14, 2007, 5:20 PM PDT

Tech vets making leap to green tech

High Impact Clean-tech companies are hiring IT veterans as they look to bring Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurship to slow-moving industries.

May 29, 2007, 4:00 AM PDT