Cambridge, Massachusetts - Advances in wireless technology continue to pave the way for better consumer devices. In the future, however, wireless devices could also benefit the automotive industry, by helping diesel engines use less fuel while curbing soot and ash emissions.

Cambridge, Massachusetts - State-of-the-art atomic force microscopes (AFMs) are designed to capture images of structures as small as a fraction of a nanometer - a million times smaller than the width of a human hair. In recent years, AFMs have produced desktop-worthy close-ups of atom-sized structures, from single strands of DNA to individual hydrogen bonds between molecules.

Seattle, Washington - Increasing numbers of grandmothers across the United States are raising their grandchildren, many of them living in poverty and grappling with a public assistance system not designed to meet their needs.

Miami, Florida - A resident of Lima, Peru, charged with operating call centers that lied to and threatened Spanish-speaking victims in the United States, convincing them to pay fraudulent settlements, was sentenced today to more than four years in prison in federal district court in Miami, Florida, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) announced.

Ann Arbor, Michigan - "DO NOT EAT." That's what's marked on the innocuous little packets that contain the most widely known form of precipitated silica. They're used to absorb moisture that could damage new products, and most of us don't think much about them.

Corpus Christi, Texas - A southeast Texas man who worked as a Santa Claus impersonator was charged Friday in a criminal complaint alleging he distributed child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.