Tech Scrape

As smart phones become smarter, malicious code will find a friendlier home.

Silicon sheets self-assemble into spheres to capture more light.

Its new chip could be used in easy and cheap diagnostic tests.

California is about to implement a standard to boost cleaner fuels and punish the rest.

Sandia scientists successfully test a machine that creates fuel from carbon dioxide.

The best of the rest from the physics arXiv this week:

IBM security tool searches for and destroys malicious code in the cloud.

ZeaChem’s pilot plant will make ethanol using termite microbes.

Enhancing specific chemical signaling in the brain could help treat the disorder.

The company unveils the technical details of its operating system.