Science

September 16, 2008 12:00 AM

Cutting-edge technology makes new 35W bridge a model for future

How fast the new bridge was completed has some people wondering how safe it will be, but officials say the bridge's advanced design and cutting-edge technology make it a model for bridge building in the future.

by Jessica Mador

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September 15, 2008 10:07 AM

Best Buy to acquire Napster

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Inc. said Monday it will acquire online music-sharing site Napster Inc. for about $126.8 million in cash, in a move to boost its digital media capabilities.

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September 15, 2008 9:36 AM

Future Tense with Jon Gordon

Future Tenses' Jon Gordon discusses the Pentagon's secret weapon in Iraq.

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September 12, 2008 1:00 PM

Tiny implant could relieve pain, depression

The Mayo Clinic has helped develop a technology that could help better treat Parkinson's disease and depression.

by Sea Stachura

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September 12, 2008 9:30 AM

Future Tense with Jon Gordon

What do Internet users want to know about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin? Her name as a search term is still high.

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September 11, 2008 3:20 PM

Secrets of the universe, found underground

As the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider continue, beams of particles moving at ever higher speeds smash into each other deep underground. Scientists are hoping to learn more about a particle that may help explain the central mystery of physics.

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September 11, 2008 8:44 AM

Future Tense with Jon Gordon

It's a long-shot, but alien civilizations could be sending us a kind of wireless email.

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September 10, 2008 6:52 PM

Minnesota scientist helped develop Swiss atom smasher

A talk with University of Minnesota Physics Professor Roger Rusack, one of thousands of scientists who has collaborated on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.

by Tom Crann