Job titles of the future: Chief heat officer
A holistic approach: Gilbert works in the county’s Office of Resilience, which has people designated to work on sea-level rise,...
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Like palm oil, but better for the planet
Palm oil is used in everything from soaps and cosmetics to sauces and crackers, but its production can be environmentally...
Large language models may speed drug discovery
Computational models have been a major time saver when it comes to predicting which protein molecules could make effective drugs,...
Smart sutures for better healing
To make the updated version even more useful, the MIT team based it on a “decellularized” form of pig tissue...
Diaper genius
By infusing a salt into a material used in disposable diapers, MIT engineers have synthesized a superabsorbent gel that can...
Weak links make strong polymers
Polymers like these are commonly used in car parts and as the “ink” for 3D-printed objects. The researchers are now...
Evergrande Bankruptcy: Chinese Real Estate Sector In Crisis As Evergrande Collapses
(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesKey takeaways Chinese property developer Evergrande has filed for Chapter 15...
How ubiquitous keyboard software puts hundreds of millions of Chinese users at risk
Starting in the PC era, Chinese software developers proposed all kinds of IME products to expedite typing, some even ditching...
Chinese Property Giant Files For Bankruptcy And Fed Weighs Further Rate Hikes – Forbes AI Newsletter August 19th
AFP via Getty ImagesTL;DR Chinese property giant Evergrand has filed for bankruptcy after notching losses of $81 billion (yes, with...
Why Is The Stock Market Down This Week? August Has Been Tough For Traders
(Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesKey takeaways The...
The Download: reusing heat from computers, and period research
—Saima Sidik Both of the stories featured today are from the new ethics-themed print magazine issue of MIT Technology Review,...
The ice cores that will let us look 1.5 million years into the past
Melting isn’t an option because carbon dioxide easily dissolves into water. Traditionally, scientists have used mechanical extraction methods, grinding up...
Apple Settlement Claim: Battery Saga Finally Ends As Millions Of IPhone Users Await Payout
(Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small / AFP) (Photo by BRITTANY HOSEA-SMALL/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesKey takeaways Apple is set...
The Download: open source’s future, and cancer drugs shortages
When Xerox donated a new laser printer to MIT in 1980, the company couldn’t have known that the machine would...
A chemo drug shortage shows the vulnerability of the healthcare supply chains
Last week, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) released the results of a member survey to assess the severity...
This UK startup engineered a clever way to reuse waste heat from cloud computing
Heata’s process is simple yet introduces a radical shift toward sustainable management of data centers: instead of being cooled with...
Tiny faux organs could crack the mystery of menstruation
Heavy periods can make even daily tasks difficult. Getting up from a chair, for example, can be an ordeal for...
Kraft Heinz Chooses New CEO As Company Faces Revenue Woes
(Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesKey takeaways Kraft Heinz has named Carlos Abrams-Rivera...
The Download: AI in warfare, and US climate policies
In recent years, intelligent autonomous weapons—weapons that can select and fire upon targets without any human input—have become a matter...
What’s changed in the US since the breakthrough climate bill passed a year ago?
In total, companies have announced over $76 billion in private investments in climate technology manufacturing since the IRA was signed...