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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes knowing that a new technology works is not enough. You also must know why it works to get marketplace acceptance

For people who face frequent needle jabs to treat chronic conditions, a new technology is on the horizon that might make treatment a lot less painful. [More]

In creating the 2008 Ovid Napa Valley ($185), head winemaker Austin Peterson implemented a new technology that allowed him to enhance the wine well before its debut this fall. Developed by Oakland, Calif.–based Fruition Sciences, this technology allows winemakers to track how much water is being absorbed by the vines ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometime soon, microchip fabricators will take the next major step in the relentless reduction of feature size, from the current minimum of 22 nm down to 10 nm and perhaps even smaller. Getting there, however, will entail much more than incremental progress

A new technology developed at Perdue University that makes cancer cells glow. Cynthia Bowers reports on the promising treatment that could help save lives.

Virtual surgery simulators are being used to help surgeons hone the motor skills they will need in an operating room. Dr. Jon LaPook reports the new technology that is changing the way doctors prepare for surgery

Let's say a driver approaches a red light at 80 kilometers per hour and coasts to slow down, then the light turns green and he or she floors the accelerator. As the car slows down, the transmission automatically downshifts into lower gears, but a sudden command to increase speed reverses that process and the transmission has to find the proper gear for quick acceleration. With new technology introduced in the past couple of years to meet upcoming fuel economy standards , drivers of a small handful of the latest Ford, Chevy, GMC, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi models may feel engine hesitation when they goose the accelerator, which is a source of frustration, at minimum, to many drivers.

The more you talk on your cell phone, the faster your battery runs down - right? Imagine talking into your mobile device with the opposite effect - charging the battery! An engineer in South Korea, Dr. Sang-Woo Kim of Sungkyunkwon University, has developed new technology that converts the noise into electricity.

Software erases incriminating evidence from an activist's cellphone in a pinch. A new " panic button " program allows hunted activists to quickly erase all incriminating data from a cell phone that they collected on a corrupt government. Created in partnership with the State Department's new technology freedom initiatives, innovator, Benetech, imagines that the eraser program would be initiated in an instance when government agents are breaking down the door of an activist's home and there is only moments to destroy evidence that proves the activist was spying on the government.

As new technology becomes more and more central to our lives, online dating is finding a fresh new demographic in singles over 50. Meet Jo Ann and Brian, two seniors who found each other online and wed a year later.