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This solar giant is moving manufacturing back to the US
Whenever you see a solar panel, most parts of it probably come from China. The US...
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The Download: the future of geoengineering, and how to make stronger, lighter materials
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going...
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Why new proposals to restrict geoengineering are misguided
The public debate over whether we should consider intentionally altering the climate system is heating up,...
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Three things we learned about AI from EmTech Digital London
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like...
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This architect is cutting up materials to make them stronger and lighter
As a child, Emily Baker loved to make paper versions of things: cameras, a spaceship cockpit,...
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A Grammy for Miguel Zenón
Nobel Prizes and other scientific honors are nearly routine at MIT, but a Grammy Award is...
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The Download: saving seals with artificial snow, and AI’s effects on politics
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going...
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These artificial snowdrifts protect seal pups from climate change
Just before 10 a.m., hydrobiologist Jari Ilmonen and his team of six step out across a...
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The Download: Neuralink’s biggest rivals, and the case for phasing out the term “user”
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going...
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Beyond Neuralink: Meet the other companies developing brain-computer interfaces
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your...
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It’s time to retire the term “user”
Every Friday, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri speaks to the people. He has made a habit of...
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Three ways the US could help universities compete with tech companies on AI innovation
The ongoing revolution in artificial intelligence has the potential to dramatically improve our lives—from the way...
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The Download: American’s hydrogen train experiment, and why we need boring robots
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going...
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How to build a thermal battery
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in...
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Hydrogen trains could revolutionize how Americans get around
Like a mirage speeding across the dusty desert outside Pueblo, Colorado, the first hydrogen-fuel-cell passenger train...
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Researchers taught robots to run. Now they’re teaching them to walk
We’ve all seen videos over the past few years demonstrating how agile humanoid robots have become,...
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The Download: commercializing space, and China’s chip self-sufficiency efforts
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going...
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Why it’s so hard for China’s chip industry to become self-sufficient
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to...
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The Download: the problem with police bodycams, and how to make useful robots
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going...
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Three reasons robots are about to become way more useful
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like...
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AI was supposed to make police bodycams better. What happened?
On July 25 last year, in circuit court in Dane County, Wisconsin, a motion was filed...
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The Download: saving Louisiana from sinking, and the promise of thermal batteries
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going...
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How thermal batteries are heating up energy storage
We need heat to make everything from steel bars to ketchup packets. Today, a whopping 20%...