New electronic timber grading - by microwave . Labs tackle semiconductor barrier . Three major Labs join forces to develop faster semiconductors . Sandia's new integrated circuit failure analysis technique is fastest ever . E-noses out mines .
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Refrigerator on a chip . MIT pioneers online lab in microelectronics . Los Alamos develops technology to ease transition to HDTV . Method found to 'purify' partially entangled states . Small wonder .