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• Service providing AI-based real-time matching of content with individuals funded February 9, 2010
  Cognitive Match, which applies real-time AI, learning math, and semantic processing technologies to increase response rates for online businesses, has received a $2.5M investment. The service is targeted to companies that are marketing via websites and generate over $1M annually through their website, Cognitive Match CEO Alex Kelleher told KurzweilAI.net. […]
• Researchers develop 'lab on a chip' that detects viruses February 9, 2010
  Brigham Young University engineers and chemists have created an inexpensive silicon microchip that reliably detects viruses, even at low concentrations. (Source: http://www.physorg.com/news184876976.html)
• Millimeter-scale, energy-harvesting sensor system developed February 9, 2010
  A 9-cubic millimeter solar-powered sensor system developed at the University of Michigan could enable new biomedical implants, home-building and bridge-monitoring devices, and environmental sensor networks, with average power consumption less than 1 nanowatt. (Source: http://www.physorg.com/news184873895.html)
• Professor: We have a 'moral obligation' to seed universe with life February 9, 2010
  Seeding the universe with life is not just an option, it's our moral obligation, says Michael Mautner, Research Professor of Chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University. The suggested strategy: deposit an array of primitive organisms on potentially fertile planets and protoplanets throughout the universe. Potential breeding grounds include extrasolar […]
• Google leaps language barrier with translator phone February 9, 2010
  Google is developing software for the first phone capable of translating foreign languages almost instantly, using voice recognition and automatic translation. (Source: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article7017831.ece)
• Google's 'Social' Gmail: Could It Really Work? February 9, 2010
  Google's social networking component for Gmail will reportedly aggregate updates from friends into single tweet-like status updates. (Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/188830/googles_social_gmail_could_it_really_work.html)
• Getting a Grip on Online Buzz February 9, 2010
  Viralheat's new analytics package allows for in-depth analysis of discussions about their products on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, including sentiment analysis, which calls for fairly sophisticated algorithms and processing power. (Source: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/24503/?a=f)
• An Early Warning System for Cancer February 9, 2010
  A new screening tool developed by scientists in Denmark, comprising a microarray system that analyzes patients' blood, could detect the presence of autoantibodies as a warning sign of cancer. Overexpression of cancer-associated short glycan (sugar chains) structures (green) on proteins in cancer cells. (Kirstine Lavrsen) (Source: http://www.technologyre […]
• Scientists identify first genetic variant linked to biological aging in humans February 8, 2010
  The risk of age-associated diseases including heart disease and some types of cancers are more closely related to biological rather than chronological age, European researchers have found, showing that telomere lengths depend on the presence of gene variants near a gene called TERC. (Source: http://www.physorg.com/news184769662.html)
• By tracking water molecules, physicists hope to unlock secrets of life February 8, 2010
  Rockefeller University researchers have discovered how interaction between water molecules paves the way for understanding how water can be manipulated to facilitate or prevent substances from dissolving in it, an advance that could impact every corner of society, from reforming agricultural practices to improving chemotherapy drugs whose side effects arise […]