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Posted January 19, 2000:

• New Supercomputer Helps NOAA's Weather Service Improve Speed And Accuracy Of Weather Forecasts

Posted January 18, 2000:

• Artificial Vision System For The Blind Announced By The Dobelle Institute

Posted January 14, 2000:

• New Technique Shows Scalability Of DNA Computing

Posted January 13, 2000:

• Virtual Crash Test Dummy Makes Major "Impact" On Highway Safety

Posted January 12, 2000:

• Linking PC's To Form "Supercomputers" -- Beowulf Clusters Can Often Be A Faster Cheaper Option

Posted January 10, 2000:

• Future U.S. Warships Will Be Automated, More Resilient In Battle

Posted January 7, 2000:

• Human Error: Internet-Based Design Tools Will Aid Traffic Management Center Planners In Minimizing Chance For Operator Mistakes

Posted January 6, 2000:

• University Of Massachusetts Scientists Developing Wearable Computer That Learns

Posted December 30, 1999:

• NOAA's National Weather Service Has Special Y2K Team Watching The Nation's Weather And Ensuring Readiness
• NASA To Issue Status Reports During Y2K Transition
• American Red Cross Ready For Y2K
• Defense Issues Final Status Report On Y2K Preparations
• FEMA's On-Line Survey Finds That Nearly Three Quarters Of Respondents Are Prepared For Y2K
• Monitoring Results For Pharmaceuticals Are Released: Surveys Show Public Has Avoided "Stockpile" Drug Purchases
• Poll Shows Continuing Decline In "Y2K" Concern; Slight Rise Reported In Water, Food Stockpiling Plans
• Energy Secretary Richardson, AAA Officials: Expect Business As Usual At Nation’s Gas Stations
• Y2K Travel Tips -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Issues Travel Tips For Holiday Travelers

Posted December 24, 1999:

• Hubble Space Telescope Gets New "Brain" And Guidance Sensor

Posted December 23, 1999:

• Evolving Algorithms Take Aim At Prostate Cancer
• Larger, Adjustable Computer Mouse Could Reduce Risk Of Wrist Injury, Cornell Study Finds

Posted December 20, 1999:

• Compression Tool Helps To Move Images, Video More Quickly

Posted December 14, 1999:

• For 21st-Century Campers And Soldiers, A Tent That Sets Itself Up

Posted December 13, 1999:

• Getting Out Of The Heat: Traffic Congestion "Temperature" Could Forecast Problems And Help Drivers Avoid Lengthy Delay

Posted December 10, 1999:

• UF Center To Help Expand Construction Reuse And Recycling Industry
• Yale Students Develop "Gun Guard" To Keep Children And Loaded Handguns Apart

Posted December 9, 1999:

• "Chaos" Theory Empowers VA And University Of Florida Researchers To Predict Epileptic Seizures

Posted December 3, 1999:

• Parallel Computing Reveals Cosmic Riddles
• Circular Ceramic Devices Make More Efficient Transformers

Posted December 1, 1999:

• Computer-Driven "Virtual" Orchestra To Ring In 2000 At Times Square

Posted November 30, 1999:

• Study: Information On The Web Is Likely Correct, But Hard To Find
• Poll Shows Declining Concern Over "Y2K"

Posted November 22, 1999:

• Sandia's "Garage" Computer Hookup Grows, Prospers

Posted November 19, 1999:

• Scientists Discover How To Make Nanostructures Assemble Themselves
• Yale Research On Molecular Switches May Lead To Smaller, Cheaper Computers

Posted November 15, 1999:

• Rain Showers May Be Caused By Vortices In The Air
• Robotics Go Where No Surgeon Has Gone Before

Posted November 12, 1999:

• Mayo Clinic Participates In Test Of Futuristic Automobile Crash Notification System

Posted November 10, 1999:

• Reliability Problems With Nerve Test For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Posted November 8, 1999:

• Vertical Split Keyboard Offers Lower Injury Risk For Typists, Cornell Study Finds

Posted November 4, 1999:

• Yale Research Team First To Describe Molecular-Sized Memory

Posted November 2, 1999:

• Fast And Efficient Algorithms Handle Nearly 10 Million Unknowns
• Researchers Use "Voice Recognition" Program To Count Bats
• "Shared Space" Allows Users To Meld Virtual Reality, Real World

Posted October 27, 1999:

• Virginia Tech Physics Professor Creates One Of First Astronomical Java Programs
• Lean Machine, Web Weaving, Fingerprinting Bacteria, and Better Insulators -- Research Highlights From Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Posted October 26, 1999:

• Inter-Vehicular Communication System Research Shedding Light On Solution To Road Rage Problem

Posted October 25, 1999:

• Bell Labs Scientists Build World's First Two-In-One Laser

Posted October 19, 1999:

• Watson Solves Mystery Of Searching Information On The Web

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