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U.S. Energy Secretary: $20,000, 350-mile-per-charge electric car only a few years away

The Energy Secretary is envisioning practical, long-range and affordable electric vehicles coming to the market by the year 2017.  Read the full story

Solazyme goes public, aims to commercialize renewable oils, bioproducts

Solazyme, a renewable oil and bioproducts company, launched an initial public offering of 10.97 million shares priced at $18.  Read the full story

How NASA satellites unearthed Egypt's lost pyramids

In a recent satellite survey of Egypt, archaeologists have reported the unexpected discovery of as many as 17 lost pyramids.  Read the full story

London launches its electric car charging network

London launched a scheme today that will allow electric car drivers to charge their vehicles across the city. A network of 150 more charging stations were added to the city, increasing the total number to more than 400.  Read the full story

Report: GE says fossil fuels, nuclear soon costlier than solar power

General Electric is forecasting that solar power could soon be a more affordable than fossil fuels and nuclear power.  Read the full story

London's electric car ante

Mayor ups the stakes with a citywide charging scheme including cheap power and other inducements. Nissan also throws in a perk - if you buy one of their cars, that is.  Read the full story

Video: LAPD's next generation high-tech police car

The Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle comes equipped with infrared cameras, license plate recognition and more criminal hunting enhancements.  Read the full story

SolarUniverse franchises the business of residential solar

There are franchise models for pretty much every kind of business you can think of, so why not residential solar installations?  Read the full story

Domestic cats roam far, researchers track their every move

Where do cats wonder off to? Researchers tracked feral and domestic cats for two years using radio-transmitters.  Read the full story

Watch robots climb trees, helicopter in and sniff bugs

Kick off your three-day weekend with three videos of wacky things robots (and one gadget) can do.  Read the full story

Social commerce now a tool for two out of five online shoppers

Social commerce is fast becoming a reality, a new survey shows. Forty-two percent of online consumers report that they have employed social media services to evaluate products or to find deals.  Read the full story

Someday, the Internet as we know it will seem old-fashioned

What to expect from the Internet 25 years from now.  Read the full story

Could high blood pressure be more common for young adults?

Researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found that just under 20% of young adults have high blood pressure.  Read the full story

U.S. House: Biofuels? Let the military pollute

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill containing an amendment that would encourage the military to use high carbon fuels such as liquid coal.  Read the full story

Five questions for...Eric Gebhardt, CTO, GE Energy Services

The journey to a smart energy ecosystem is fraught with operational change, GE Energy Services CTO Eric Gebhardt says. We asked him five questions.  Read the full story

U.S. cities reinventing buses with bus rapid transit

Five U.S. cities are reinventing what it means to ride the bus. They're using a system called bus rapid transit.  Read the full story

How degrading? University of Minnesota experiments degradable plastics

New approach helps material stand up better at higher temperatures, making it more appropriate for packaging applications.  Read the full story

Antibody Mind Tricks: how to smuggle drugs into your brain

Scientists have designed a two-armed antibody that can cross the mostly impenetrable blood-brain barrier to deliver drugs against Alzheimer's (in mice, for now).  Read the full story

Google introduces Wallet; brings NFC tech to cash register

The new Google Wallet payments program uses near-field communications technology to allow consumers to digitally pay for goods. Will you use it?  Read the full story

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