The race to get next-generation solar technology on the market
But the industry must ensure that every cell will be that durable; worldwide, companies manufacture hundreds of millions of solar...
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The Download: heat pumps, and getting drugs to the brain
1 Microsoft briefly usurped Apple as the world’s most valuable companyThe AI boom has investors laughing all the way to...
The innovation that gets an Alzheimer’s drug through the blood-brain barrier
Last week, researchers at the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute reported that by using focused ultrasound to open the...
The Download: enhanced geothermal systems, and promising climate tech
Geothermal heat, an abundant and carbon-free energy source, offers an alternative to fossil fuels that doesn’t vary with the weather...
Three climate technologies breaking through in 2024
I caught the Golden Globes last weekend, and the Grammys and Oscars aren’t far off. But the best awards, in...
Deploying high-performance, energy-efficient AI
Zane: Yes, I think over the last three or four years, there've been a number of initiatives. Intel's played a...
The Download: weight-loss drugs, and the future of offshore wind
It’s a turbulent time for offshore wind power. Large groups of turbines installed along coastlines can harness the powerful, consistent...
The end of anonymity online in China
At the end of last month, I published an essay reflecting on how the prospects for anonymity online in China...
What’s next for offshore wind
Tax credits are providing extra incentive to build out the offshore wind supply chain in the US. Existing credits for...
Bringing breakthrough data intelligence to industries
But true data intelligence is about more than establishing the right data foundation. Organizations are also wrestling with how to...
The Download: what to expect in AI in 2024
Looking to the year ahead, all signs point to there being immense pressure on AI companies to show that generative...
What to expect from the coming year in AI
I also had plenty of time to reflect on the past year. There are so many more of you reading...
The Download: Introducing MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2024
The start of a new year offers a great opportunity to reflect while also thinking about what’s to come. That...
Four lessons from 2023 that tell us where AI regulation is going
Most broadly, we are likely to see the strategies that emerged last year continue, expand, and begin to be implemented....
The first gene-editing treatment: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024
Many CRISPR treatments are in trials, but in 2022, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, based in Boston, was first to bring one to...
AI for everything: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024
Microsoft and Google have since moved beyond search to put chatbot-based assistants into the hands of billions of people via...
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024
The latest iteration of a legacyFounded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899, MIT Technology Review is a world-renowned,...
The Download: producing rare earth minerals, and future AI regulation
Abandoning fossil fuels and adopting lower-carbon technologies are our best options for warding off the accelerating threat of climate change....
These AI-powered apps can hear the cause of a cough
“One of the big limitations is that a lot of these studies have private data sets that are secret,” Bensoussan...
What’s next for AI regulation in 2024?
Some other countries are taking a more hands-off approach. For example, the UK, home of Google DeepMind, has said it...