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Posted December 8, 1998:

• New Theory Explains Why Critical Component In Transistors Wears Down, May Lead To More Reliable Electronic Devices
• Bell Labs Scientists Federico Capasso And Rudolf Kazarinov To Receive Rank Prize In Optoelectronics At Ceremony In London
• Bell Labs Luminaries Dennis Ritchie And Ken Thompson To Receive National Medal Of Technology

Posted December 7, 1998:

• TVs, Computer Monitors Contain High Lead Levels, Study Finds

Posted December 4, 1998:

• How "Micro" Can We Go?

Posted December 3, 1998:

• Surf’s Up: Computer Wavelet Tool Filters Information

Posted December 2, 1998:

• MIT Team Develops New Way To Create Microscopic Patterns On Surfaces
• Software Program Developed At Georgia Tech Adds New Capabilities To Decipher Genomes Of Higher Organisms

Posted December 1, 1998:

• Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs Scientists Demonstrate High-Power, Multi-Channel Semiconductor Laser

Posted November 30, 1998:

• Searching For ET From Home - UC Berkeley Launches Project To Draw Public Into The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Posted November 25, 1998:

• Novel Imaging Technique Provides First Detailed Look At Superconductor's Critical Current, Bell Labs Scientists Report

Posted November 24, 1998:

• NSF Funds Advanced Internet Research Projects

Posted November 20, 1998:

• SFU Computer Model To Help Cut Greenhouse Gas

Posted November 19, 1998:

• Miniaturized Transmitter To Be Used In Efforts To Save Babies
• Lucent Technologies' Experimental 'No-Fiber Optical Data Link' Sets World Record For Free-Space Info Transmission

Posted November 13, 1998:

• Astrophysicists Use Virtual Reality To Chase Earth's Tail

Posted November 12, 1998:

• Sandia, Compaq Smash World Record In Large Database Sorting
• When The Heat's On, Material Shrinks Instead Of Expanding; Lucent And Johns Hopkins Scientists Explain Mystery In Nov. 12 Nature

Posted November 11, 1998:

• Emory Neuroscientists Use Computer Chip To Help Speech-Impaired Patients Communicate

Posted November 10, 1998:

• Researchers Achieve One Teraflop Performance With Supercomputer Simulation Of Magnetism

Posted November 6, 1998:

• Software Helps Firms Map Mountains Of Information
• UB Team's Perfectly Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Will Make Flat Panel Displays Feasible And Affordable

Posted November 4, 1998:

• Technology Combats Engine Failures In Tanks

Posted November 3, 1998:

• New Radio Antennas May Cool Car Interiors, Defrost Car Windows

Posted November 1, 1998:

• Electronic Tongue That Mimics The Real Thing

Posted October 27, 1998:

• Lucent Technologies Invests $10 Million In Worldwide Science Scholars Program

Posted October 26, 1998:

• Next-Generation Semiconductor Manufacturing -- Lucent's SCALPEL Electron-Beam Lithography System
• Operations Research Prize Spotlights Secrets Of Lucent's Success

Posted October 22, 1998:

• "Lab On A Chip" For DNA Testing
• Human Patient Simulator Assists Training Physicians In New Drug
• Baseball Fan Creates Algorithm To Divvy Season Tickets

Posted October 19, 1998:

• Penn Researchers Develop "Smart" Intensive Care Unit System Using Advanced Computer Intelligence
• Fastest Multi-Purpose Non-Commercial Supercomputer In World Unveiled At Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Lucent Technologies Announces Breakthrough In Undersea Fiber
• NASA Developing Computerized Breast Cancer Diagnostic Tool

Posted October 14, 1998:

• NASA 'Software Scalpel' Helps Doctors Practice Operations

Posted October 13, 1998:

• "World's Smallest Combination Lock" Promises To Foil The Best Computer Hacker, Say Sandia Developers
• Lucent Technologies Licences Novel, Low-Power Flash Memory Technology To Winbond Electronics Corporation

Posted October 8, 1998:

• Encryption Advance For Secure Global Communications

Posted October 7, 1998:

• Virtual Reality Becomes Reality For Plastic Surgeons

Posted October 6, 1998:

• New Software Protects Ownership Of Web Images
• Johns Hopkins University Launches Research Center To Expand Role Of Computers, Robots In Surgery

Posted October 2, 1998:

• Future Looks Bright For Tunnel Diodes, Promising Faster, More Efficient Circuits

Posted September 30, 1998:

• Automation Energizes Navy

Posted September 25, 1998:

• New Class Of Molecular Magnets May Advance Microelectronics
• Russia And Pacific Rim Connect To Next Generation Internet

Posted September 23, 1998:

• A Dollar Figure For Inconvenience

Posted September 21, 1998:

• University Of Florida To Be Testing Ground For New High-Speed Modem

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