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THE WORLD IS GROWING OLDER--NOT JUST GEOLOGICALLY, but biologically, too. By 2050, the population of adults 60 and older will be larger than the population of children under 14 for [...]

Simulating natural phenomena, mapping the human genome, and discovering ways to improve product quality all have one thing in common: They generate tremendous amounts of data. Having terabytes of data [...]

A combination of need and cost is making desalination of saltwater more attractive in the United States. And reverse osmosis is the overwhelming choice when it comes to desalination methods. [...]

What's smaller than a postage stamp and capable of finding one bad cell out of thousands? A lab-on-a-chip, the catchall term used to describe chemical analysis devices that operate on [...]

High impact doesn't have to mean a high-tech solution. Sometimes all it takes to effect a major change for the better is 3,000 feet of PVC pipe, hard work, and [...]

The period between the end of World War I and the United States' entry into World War II has been described as The Golden Age of Flight. Barnstorming tours, major [...]

for roughly 1.3 million Americans who have lost their sight to age related macular degeneration or to retinitis pigmentosa, there is a research project under way that may help them [...]

Approximately 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water. Yet, by all accounts, the world is on the verge of a water crisis. What exactly that water crisis [...]

at its most basic, the heart is simply a pump. But, for nearly 4,000 Americans per year, that pump has broken down beyond repair. For those people, the best solution [...]

Now that President Bush has announced that the major military effort in Iraq has come to a close, it's time to start rebuilding a country decimated by war and years [...]

OTHER RENEWABLE POWER SOURCES, mainly wind, sun, and water, may be drawing the lion's share of attention, but ethanol is a renewable fuel that's already well-entrenched and poised to spread [...]

Industrial robots have evolved considerably since Joseph Engelberger and George Devol's Unimate was installed at a General Motors plant to extract molded parts from die-casting machines in the late 1950s. [...]

One of the advantages of a digital camera is that it lets you shoot picture after picture at no additional cost. As a result, your hard drive is soon filled […]

A container ship that sails partly empty is a container ship that's not meeting its full earning potential. That's been the problem with the Port of New York and New [...]

THE CONCEPT OF A MECHANICAL HEART is nothing new. The first permanent replacement heart, an air-driven device called the Jarvik-7, was developed by Willem Kolff and Don Olsen. Barney Clark, [...]

BY 2011, THE BABY BOOM GENERATION will begin to turn 65, and by 2030, one in five people will be age 65 or older, according to US. Census Bureau projections. [...]

With 2001 coming to a close, it's time to start studying the tech lineup for next year, in hopes of placing our bets on the real enterprise impact players. Some […]

Here at InternetWeek, we've discovered something huge: Pair up Sun and Microsoft in a reader poll, and you can just sit back and watch the responses flood in. What is […]

The aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the continuing economic downturn have forced enterprises to rethink all of their IT and e-business priorities. Nowhere is this truer than […]

Hewlett-Packard announced on Sept. 4 that it would acquire rival Compaq (see "HP, Compaq In Blockbuster Merger," www.internetweek.com/story/INW20010904S0002). The deal, originally said to be worth $25 billion in stock, is […]

Total number of dotcoms that have shut down so far in 2001: 367 Total number of dotcoms that shut down in 2000: 225 Number of dotcoms that went bust in […]

It's summer, and folks are spending more time outside than on the Net: Global Internet traffic, May 2001: 299.7 million unique visitors Global Internet traffic, June 2001: 296.5 million unique […]

Percentage of U.S. companies studying XML: 33 percent Percentage of U.S. companies using XML in a major project: 26 percent Percentage of U.S. companies using XML in a test project: […]

If you're interested in trying your hand at a quick bug dish, check out Eatbug.com (www.eatbug.com/ recipes.htm), which offers recipes for normal-sounding dishes that happen to include a hefty helping […]

Percentage of Americans who believe the Internet benefits everyone: 50 percent Percentage of U.S. Internet experts who believe the Internet benefits everyone: 71 percent Percentage of Americans who see the […]

Percentage of companies that will spend more on customer relationship management in 2001 than in 2000: 74 percent Percentage of increase in CRM spending for majority of companies: 25 percent […]

We've always had a fondness for those sugary pellets known as Pez. But who would have thought that a search on Google would yield 213,000 Pez sites? The best place […]

Nation with highest percentage of its adult population using the Internet: Norway Percentage of adult population that uses the Internet in Norway: 63 percent Percentage of adult population that uses […]

Percentage of those who encountered search problems: 59 percent Those who didn't encounter any search problems: 41 percent Those who encountered nonspecific search problems: 20 percent Those who think searches […]

The digital divide is narrowing in U.S. homes: Percentage of U.S. households with Internet access: 58 percent Percentage growth, 2000 to 2001: 15 percent Percentage of white households with Internet […]

Every bad site design element you can imagine is put to no-good use on The Web Page From Hell (www.ecnet.net/users/gas52r0/Jay). Don't let the flashing banners, overabundant frames and utter confusion […]