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The only way for doctors to verify that cancer drugs are reaching a patient's tumor is to scan patients after weeks of treatments to see if the tumor has shrunk. In the hopes of shortening this process, improving outcomes for cancer patients, and reducing the side effects of chemotherapy, MIT engineers are developing remote-controlled, multipurpose nanoparticles. These compounds act as both precise drug-delivery vehicles and contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Last week’s arrest in Hungary of a staffer for Senator Hillary Clinton has exposed severe privacy violations by VoIP provider Skype as well as the US National Security Agency. This according to accusations by the Hungarian police and the European Union.

If the nation escalates to "red alert," which is the highest in the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed by authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside your home, the state's anti-terror czar says. "This state is on top of it," said Sid Caspersen, New Jersey's director of the office of counter-terrorism.

Cable companies will soon have the ability to track their viewers' habits through a standard set-top box. But, so far, customers have not been alerted to the new, over-the-shoulder feature. In April, enhanced digital cable boxes that can track what viewers are watching were rolled out to MediaOne customers in suburban Detroit. "We haven't been able to call on them yet. But we will be telling them, 'We want to keep track of what you watch, is that okay?'" said Bill Harvey, CEO of Next Century software, which makes the tracking software and is working in conjunction with MediaOne.