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The economic giant is about to unleash a vast, next-generation network that blows away the western world's current technology.

9 | March 29, 2013 3:59am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

PARIS -- Part 2 in a two-part series: Fusion could be the future of cleaner energy, but many in France and beyond oppose the cost and uncertainy of the ITER project.

10 | March 29, 2013 3:00am | By Bryan Pirolli

Getting off Facebook is no small feat for an Internet junkie like Sean Bonner. He gives SmartPlanet his take on the dangers of third party web services.

2 | March 29, 2013 3:00am | By Rachel James

It would certainly help ease our concerns, and as it turns out, physicians find it often saves them time and money.

1 | March 28, 2013 1:31pm | By Janet Fang

HONG KONG -- They're illegal, valuable and hard to get rid of. A city tries to decide what to do with the elephant tusks in customs.

17 | March 28, 2013 1:44am | By Vanessa Ko

Researchers tracked the fate of 2.38 million posts on China's most popular microblogging site, Sina Weibo.

4 | March 27, 2013 8:44pm | By Janet Fang

Approaching its one-year anniversary, the public/private partnership is nurturing 20-25 projects for advanced Internet applications and reframing the national conversation on broadband.

1 | March 27, 2013 3:00am | By Mari Silbey

MEXICO CITY -- Amidst dwindling production, Mexico debates opening its state oil monopoly to foreign investment. But not everyone supports such a move.

2 | March 27, 2013 3:00am | By Lauren Villagran

Woods Hole will incorporate innovations from the Deepsea Challenger into existing vehicles and future exploration platforms. The main goal "is to get the technology out there."

March 26, 2013 1:58pm | By Janet Fang

There will be 10,000 commercial drones operating in the U.S. within five years. All these remotely piloted systems are going to need feet-on-the-ground fliers.

2 | March 26, 2013 10:23am | By Janet Fang

If John Mica gets his way, yes.

1 | March 26, 2013 8:26am | By Charlie Osborne

For a 17 year-old, earning potentially millions of dollars can't be a bad way to enter the workforce.

3 | March 26, 2013 6:33am | By Charlie Osborne

A Tokyo company plans to burn nuclear "waste" in a thorium molten salt reactor for a meltdown-proof return to nuclear power in the country that has all but shut it down.

5 | March 26, 2013 3:58am | By Mark Halper

Crowdfunding is providing innovative new urban design projects with the capital they need to get started. But can citizens really dictate future city landscapes?

3 | March 26, 2013 3:00am | By Kevin Gray

Just when it looked like the biofuels industry was starting to make some progress, one of its own has withdrawn its IPO due to difficult market conditions.

8 | March 25, 2013 3:24pm | By Kirsten Korosec

DELHI -- In a city choking in plastic, shopkeepers and shoppers are flouting a new ban on plastic bags and transparent wrappers.

12 | March 25, 2013 12:00am | By Betwa Sharma

As we mark World Water Day, it's time to get smarter about water usage.

Sponsored | March 22, 2013 8:05am | By Peter Williams

In a strong letter to the SEC chairman, the American Institute of Architects berates the regulator for missing a deadline and says now's the time. Economic recovery depends on it.

13 | March 22, 2013 5:55am | By Mark Halper

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday concerning the patent disputes and "pay for delay" tactics.

1 | March 22, 2013 5:08am | By Charlie Osborne

BUENOS AIRES -- Argentines have embraced broadband Internet usage, but infrastructure investment hasn't kept up. Will the local web creak to a halt?

7 | March 22, 2013 3:00am | By Ian Mount