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Flower Engineered To Produce Insulin. Popular Science (2/3, Fox) reports that researchers that the University of Calgary have "genetically engineered the human gene for insulin into the common plant safflower," which is capable of "producing insulin faster than traditional methods." The plant is capable of producing "2.2 pounds of insulin per acre of flowers," according to the report.

Publishers Reach Deals For iPad-Compatible Textbooks. The Wall Street Journal (2/2, Trachtenberg, Kane) reported that a number of textbook publishers have reportedly reached an agreement with software company ScrollMotion to make versions of their textbooks available electronically, with devices such as the new iPad in mind. A McGraw-Hill official said, "People have been talking about the impac..

USAF To Upgrade UAV Technologies. Flight International (2/1, Francis) reported the USAF announced it is working on upgrading UAVs to include "in-flight refueling capabilities, longer range and new strike capabilities." Additionally, UAVs are beginning to include "directed energy weapons" and the longer range capabilities mean UAVs will need more efficient engines. USAF Chief Scientist Werner Da..

Liquid Glass Spray Could Lessen Need For Cleaning Products. The UK's Telegraph (2/1, Collins) reported on a "liquid glass" spray, developed by German company Nanopool, "which forms an easy-clean coating one millionth of a millimetre thick" that "can be applied to virtually any surface to protect it against water, dirt, bacteria, heat and UV radiation." The product is primarily silicon dioxide, ..

Tobacco Plants Engineered To Grow Synthetic Solar Cells. Popular Science (1/25, Dillow) reports that researchers at UC Berkeley have "genetically programmed a virus that can infect a tobacco crop," and "causes the plant to manufacture artificial chromosphores, tiny structures that turn sunlight into high-powered electrons." This development could eventually mean "an environmentally safe manufac..

Air Force Testing Jet Fuel Made From Coal, Biomass. Technology Review (1/25, Bullis) reports, "The Air Force is testing a jet fuel made from coal and plant biomass." The process to make the fuel was "developed by Accelergy...using technology licensed from ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company and the Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota." The process ..

Virtualization, Cloud Computing Seen As Pivotal In Server Technology Trends. In an article titled "Top 10 Server Technology Trends for the New Decade," Server Watch (1/21, Hess) reported, "Mobility and agility are the two key concepts for the new decade of computing innovation. At the epicenter of this new enabled computing trend is cloud computing," which, along with "virtualization...will cha..

Project To Map Sunflower DNA. The AP (1/22) reports on the Genomics of Sunflower project, under which "researchers envision crossbreeding a standard sunflower with the Silverleaf species out of Texas to produce a hybrid with bright yellow flowers bursting with tasty seeds and thick stalks filled with complex sugars that can be turned into ethanol." Researcher Loren Rieseberg of the University o..

NASA To Unveil Puffin Aircraft. Scientific American (1/19, Choi) reported, "A super-quiet, hover-capable aircraft design, NASA's experimental one-man Puffin could show just how much electric propulsion can transform our ideas of flight. It looks like nothing less than a flying suit or a jet pack with a cockpit." The aircraft, which will be officially unveiled on January 20, is being developed b..

Tobacco Plants Engineered To Grow Synthetic Solar Cells. Popular Science (1/25, Dillow) reports that researchers at UC Berkeley have "genetically programmed a virus that can infect a tobacco crop," and "causes the plant to manufacture artificial chromosphores, tiny structures that turn sunlight into high-powered electrons." This development could eventually mean "an environmentally safe manufact..

Report on Haiti Devastation Cites Poor Building Practices. The San Jose Mercury News (1/27, Tribune) reports, "Haiti's construction industry is to blame for hundreds of thousands of deaths in a tragedy that will repeat itself unless there are changes to building practices there," according to Eduardo Fierro, president of BFP Engineers. "In one of the first technical reports on this month's earth..

Indonesian Test Rocket Crashes Into Prawn Farm. The Jakarta Globe (1/28) reports an Indonesian test rocket "took a rather less lofty trajectory," than was intended, "missing its target and plunging into a prawn farm." Officials blamed poor weather for the crash, with State Ministry of Research and Technology spokesman Wawan Bayu saying, "The weather was unfriendly. ... The wind was strong." He a..

Researchers Using 3D Graphics Chips To Improve Speed Of Medical Imaging. Computerworld (1/28, Mearian) reports that researchers from Northeastern University and Massachusetts General Hospital "have taken a cue from the gaming industry by using 3D video graphics chips to develop a parallel software platform that can speed the processing times, in this case for medical digital imaging, by 10 to 1..

E. coli Bacteria Engineered To Produce Diesel From Biomass. AFP (1/28) reports, "Gene scientists have coaxed bacteria into eating agricultural waste and secreting diesel, offering a potentially cheaper, greener energy source than present-day biofuels," according to the results of a recent study published in the journal Nature. The researchers created "a genetically-engineered version" of Escher..

Samsung Licenses University Of Illinois Manufacturing Technology. The AP (1/29) reports, "Samsung Electronics has signed a deal to license technology developed more than a decade ago by a University of Illinois professor that extends the life of silicon chips." The technology, which was developed by professor Joseph Lyding 14 years ago, "allows chip makers to substitute deuterium for hydrogen i..

Russia Successfully Tests Stealth Warplane. Bloomberg News (1/29, Pronina) reports, "Russia successfully tested its so- called fifth-generation stealth warplane, 13 years after the first flight by its U.S. rival, Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-22 Raptor, the maker of the fighter jet said." OAO Sukhoi Aviation Holding spokesperson Olga Kayukova said, "The entire test program planned for the first fli..

Prototype Magnetometer Could Improve Diagnosis Of Cardiac Conditions. CNET News (1/29, Moore) reports on a prototype magnetometer "being developed at the University of Leeds [that] could greatly improve the diagnosis of cardiac conditions." The device "can detect tiny magnetic variations, revealing the presence of cardiac conditions," and the researchers are currently working to develop a minia..

Dual-Degree Engineering Programs Praised For Flexibility. In an article for The Record (NJ) (1/29,), independent college counselor Audrey Kahane writes about combined 3-2 dual-degree programs for students who are interested in studying engineering as well as another discipline. Students begin their studies as normal, and after three years transfer "to an engineering school for two additional ye..

Army Scales Back Robotic Projects. The Wired (1/14, Hodge) "Danger Room" blog reports that the Army "has been seriously scaling back its modernization efforts." According to sources, this includes "canceling plans for an autonomous ground vehicle and a pilotless helicopter," both of which were products of Future Combat Systems, which was canceled last year. "The service is now focused on smalle..

Toyota Developing Night Vision System Based On Insects. Popular Science (1/14, Hsu) reports that engineers at Toyota have developed a night vision system using a "new digital image-processing algorithm" that "takes inspiration from nocturnal dung beetles, bees and moths that can see across a remarkable range of color, brightness and shadow." The system, which requires only "a standard digital c..