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Study Backs Ethanol as Gasoline Substitute
About one out of every 40 cars and trucks in the United States can now run on a commercial mix of gasoline and ethanol, which is mostly made from corn. Ethanol enthusiasts, such as corn growers and the politicians who represent them, would like that number to rise. The federal government is helping with subsidies for ethanol.
 

New Wi-Fi standard back on track
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: January 11, 2006, 10:00 AM PST
After months of squabbling, the new, faster Wi-Fi standard that got derailed late in 2005 could finally be back on track, say people involved in the standards process.

Particle collider edges forward
A key decision on the International Linear Collider, one of the grand scientific projects of the 21st Century, has been taken in China.
Physicists told a Beijing conference that the multi-billion-dollar project should use superconducting technology to create its particle collisions. The experiments should give scientists a deeper understanding of the materials used to construct the Universe.

'God particle' may have been seen
A scientist says one of the most sought after particles in physics - the Higgs boson - may have been found, but the evidence is still relatively weak.
Peter Renton, of the University of Oxford, says the particle may have been detected by researchers at an atom-smashing facility in Switzerland.
The Higgs boson explains why all other particles have mass and is fundamental to a complete understanding of matter.

Tiny telescope detects a giant planet
A tiny telescope has spotted a giant planet circling a faraway star, using a technique that could open a new phase of planetary discovery, scientists say.
A telescope with a 4-inch (10.16 cm) diameter -- about the size that some backyard astronomers might use -- tracked the periodic dimming of light from a bright star 500 light-years away. A light-year is about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion km), the distance light travels in a year.

Quest for the virtually invisible
A hi-tech detector will soon start hunting the skies for gamma ray bursts - massively bright flashes of radiation. Tim Radford looks at the astronomer's version of an extreme sport
Swift is a mission to explore the darkest mystery of the universe - and the brightest and briefest. It will fly into orbit and point its telescope and wait for a fleeting flash of radiation brighter than a billion trillion suns, in a galaxy far away and long ago.

The Internet's next big step
How close is wireless broadband for the average customer?
WiMAX, the high-powered technology that promises to bring true mobility to the Web, is just around the corner.It is a step beyond Wi-Fi, the wireless technology already being installed on many laptop computers today.

Internet heads into the super-fast lane
Some believe the internet is struggling to survive under the strain of technical limitations, government interference and the proliferation of malware. But in the US, a new, improved internet is already being worked on.
Audio and video may one day be delivered to our desktops 1,000 times faster than today's consumer broadband services.
This is the long-term goal of the Abilene Network in the US, part of an ultra-fast global highway.
 

Internet heads into the super-fast lane
Some believe the internet is struggling to survive under the strain of technical limitations, government interference and the proliferation of malware. But in the US, a new, improved internet is already being worked on.
Audio and video may one day be delivered to our desktops 1,000 times faster than today's consumer broadband services.
This is the long-term goal of the Abilene Network in the US, part of an ultra-fast global highway.

WiFi meet RV
RV campers stay plugged in across California, as campgrounds add this amenity and many others

Get Rid of Spam in 3 Easy Steps
Are you tired of being pestered by e-mail messages from people you don't know, trying to sell you products or services that you don't want? We've all seen them: messages about soap that will make you thin, loans that will make you rich, or pills that will make your small parts big or your big parts small.

Today's Tools Could Curb Global Warming Emissions
A new study suggests that deploying existing clean energy technologies, such as wind turbines and solar power, now could stop the rise of greenhouse gas emissions within the next 50 years. (Ben Margot/AP Photo)