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The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Twitter Prepares for Royal Wedding Traffic Onslaught Twitter CEO Biz Stone is shown prepping for the "Wills & Kate" traffic with its very own server. Even with all eyes on the royals , Bieber still has 3 times the server space.

Valley-based electronics, also known as valleytronics, is one step closer to reality. Two researchers at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have shown that the valley degree of freedom in graphene can be polarized through scattering off a line defect. Unlike previously proposed valley filters in graphene, which rely on confined structures that have proven hard to achieve experimentally, the present work is based on a naturally occurring line defect that has already been observed.

The current energy landscape is rife with contradictions: gas prices are shooting up, renewables are being implemented at a seemingly rapid pace, natural gas is being simultaneously demonized and hailed as an energy savior, and electric cars are finally starting to roll off production lines. Fortunately, your tax dollars fund a government agency devoted to making sense of energy.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like atomic-level bricklayers, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are using a precise atom-by-atom layering technique to fabricate an ultrathin transistor-like field effect device to study the conditions that turn insulating materials into high-temperature superconductors.

Critics of RIM's BlackBerry and PlayBook tablet say the devices are falling behind the technological curve.

One of the largest distributors of commercial law enforcement software in the United States is integrating open source intelligence into its products--and they are betting the results will lead to enhanced counterterrorism efforts. More than ever, law enforcement agencies are connecting to far flung sources of information in the fight against terrorism. Now Virginia's i2 Group

Each year , I help fellow entrepreneurs and investors judge the MBA business plan competition at Harvard Business School. This year, I noted which pitch approaches seemed to work best and which tactics fell flat. Here are five things that worked in this year's presentations—and that you should consider including in your next business plan pitch: 1

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. Office-space shortage in the South Bay.

LinkedIn, with its database of over a hundred million names, is also an interesting trove of sociological data. Should you give your baby one of the most popular names for CEOs?

Apple's just spoken up publicly on the matter of iPhones storing location data. "Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone.

With the release of Portal 2, game developer Valve has followed-up the critically acclaimed original with more head-bursting puzzles, fanatical computers, and immersive story. We spoke with lead writer Erik Wolpaw, designer/engineer Jeep Barnett, and VP of marketing Doug Lombardi to find out how they created the setting of the game, what drives their innovative storytelling techniques, and more.

Ovarian cancer affects 20,000 women each year, yet the signs are hard to read

Decades of widespread hunting and poaching have taken a mighty toll on the great Indian bustard ( Ardeotis nigriceps ), an endangered bird once found throughout India and Pakistan but now limited to a few small populations totaling maybe 1,000 individuals. New research reveals that the species is in worse shape than previously realized

Guy Kawasaki became an inspiration to a generation of young entrepreneurs when he wrote the book The Art of the Start, which has become practically required reading for young Silicon Valley types. Recently released was Kawasaki's latest book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

There are multiple nuclear reactors teetering on fault lines around the country, and most of them are surrounded by pools of water filled with still-very-radioactive spent fuel. The radioactivity from the now-exposed spent fuel at Fukushima is part of the reason why the situation there is so dire.