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A Freakonomics Quorum: How Will the Recession Affect Clean Technology?
By STEPHEN J. DUBNER

Way back when in 2006, here’s what venture-capital legend John Doerr
had to say about clean technology: “This field of greentech could be
the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century.”

As recently as early 2008, plenty of investors and technology
companies were still predicting a clean-tech boom.

But now? With a recession that has scrambled nearly everyone’s

MIT Computer Program Analyzes Environmental Changes, Could
Aid Malaria Prevention Efforts, Researchers Say

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A computer program developed at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology could help in malaria prevention efforts by
identifying which environmental changes would be most effective
in controlling the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, VOA News
reports. The program -- based on four years of research in a
mosquito-endemic area of Niger -- compares conventional

New York Times January 9, 2009

Major Flu Strain Found Resistant to Leading Drug, Puzzling Scientists
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

Virtually all the dominant strain of flu in the United States this season is resistant to the leading antiviral drug Tamiflu, and scientists and health officials are trying to figure out why.

The problem is not yet a public health crisis because this has been a below-average flu season so far, and because the Tamiflu-resistant strain, one of three circulating, is still susceptible to other drugs. But infectious disease specialists are worried nonetheless.