Today's Smart Business

• Infographic: This is why you're fat, America

  The price of unhealthy foods -- soda, butter, beer -- has drastically dropped while prices of healthy foods has increased significantly, according to a chart of data over the last three decades. by Andrew Nusca

• What we're reading...

  F-35 stealth fighter jet delays; transportation earmarks; Europe's biggest solar plant; 10 most expensive transit projects; home superinsulation. by Andrew Nusca

• How to get smarter about your IT investments: Think fusion, not alignment

  With thanks to IT services firm Atrion Networking, here's a fresh way to consider your technology strategy. by Heather Clancy

• DARPA solicits research, sensors that demonstrate quantum biology

  The Pentagon's cutting-edge research outfit, DARPA, is soliciting research that demonstrates quantum effects in biological processes -- as well as prototype biomimetic sensors that harness them. by Andrew Nusca

• Caulking: American-made efficiency

  A new study reveals much of the materials used in making homes more energy efficient are domestically produced. Could simple retrofits create more jobs? by Melissa Mahony

• Genome sequencing turns to another target: patients with genetic diseases

  Two research teams have completely sequenced the genomes of people who suffer from genetic disease -- and have come to a surprising twist in our understanding of how it's caused. by Andrew Nusca

• Infographic: How cars are killing us (and where, and why)

  A new infographic illustrates your odds of being killed in or by a car in different nations around the world. by Andrew Nusca

• Brain scans can read your mind, researchers say

  A scan of brain activity can essentially read a person's mind, researchers say. by Andrew Nusca

• What we're reading...

  Solar costs slashed; rice yield tech; Herzog & de Meuron; underwater skyscraper; lip-reading cell phones. by Andrew Nusca

• Digital music takes backseat to creative considerations in Pink Floyd ruling

  The practice of downloading one digital song at a time has made concept albums a dying art. by Heather Clancy

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