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MIT's Technology Review
Since 1899, Technology Review, MIT's magazine of innovation, has offered coverage from the frontiers of technology and science bioengineering, genetics, nanotechnology, computer science, artificial intelligence and environmental science. Art availability varies.
MIT's Technology Review Samples
Books on Tape
A group led by Harvard academics hopes to compile a library of everything. MIT Technology. A group at Harvard is trying to do online what would have been impossible before the Internet: compile a library of nearly every book available.
Materials
Burning Batteries. A DVD drive can make high-energy electrode materials. Results: Researchers used an inexpensive process to build high-performance supercapacitors, which are a type of battery.
Energy
Smarter Biofuel Bugs. A molecular sensor boosts biodiesel production. Results: Synthetic biologists in California demonstrated a way to triple the amount of biodiesel a type of bacteria can make from sugar.
Biomedicine
Milestone for Personalized Medicine. Results: After sequencing his own genes, Stanford University geneticist Michael Snyder discovered that he had a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Biomedicine
Forecasting Heart Attacks. A new test could tell doctors when danger is imminent.
Information Technology
Efficient Apps. A new tool reveals how mobile apps waste your battery life and what to do about it. Results: Many smart-phone apps use more energy than they need to, researchers at Purdue University and Microsoft Research found.
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