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Technology Review is a magazine published by Technology Review, Inc, a media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was originally founded in 1899, and was re-launched on April 23, 1998 under then publisher R. Bruce Journey. In September 2005 it underwent another transition under the current editor in chief and publisher, Jason Pontin, to something again resembling the historical magazine. Intending to appeal to business leaders, editor John Benditt said in 1999, "We're really about new technologies and how they get commercialized." Technology Review covers ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Solar Industry: No Breakthroughs Needed
The solar industry says incremental advances have made transformational technologies unnecessary. -
Light Repels Light
The repulsive side of an optical force could lead to ultra-fast telecommunications. -
Energy and Climate Bill Advances
Congress is moving forward on legislation that would address both energy efficiency and climate change in a single bill, creating requirements for the use of renewable energy ...Posted by Katie Rose -
A Concrete Fix to Global Warming
"Battling global warming leads to fewer mental health beds," Nigel Hannaford, Opinion, July 12. Nigel Hannaford has weighed in again on global warming. He should have checked ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
The Secrets of Anti-Aging Genes
An ambitious plan to sequence 100 genes in 1,000 healthy old people could shed light on genetic variations that insulate some people from the ailments of aging, including ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Ethanol's Forecast
In recent months, demand for corn used to make increasing amounts of ethanol has driven up corn prices, and to some extent food prices. But now bad weather in the Midwest, ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Scheduling Wind Power
As wind power becomes more common, its unpredictability becomes more of a problem. Sudden drops in wind speed can send grid operators scrambling to cover the shortfall and ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Solar without the Panels
This month, in the latest in a string of recent deals, Spanish solar-plant developer Abengoa Solar and Phoenix-based utility Arizona Public Service announced a 280-megawatt ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
"You Don't Understand Our Audience"
"One might have thought that the television industry, with its history of rapid adaptation to technological change, would have become a center of innovation for the next ...Posted by Russ Wellen -
Turning Carbon Dioxide into Fuel
Could concentrated solar energy be used to reverse combustion and convert carbon dioxide back into gasoline? That's what scientists at Sandia National Laboratories, in ...Posted by Mike LaBonte
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Adding Trust to Wikipedia, and Beyond
The official motto of the Internet could be "don't believe everything you read," but moves are afoot to help users know better what to be skeptical about and what to trust. ...Posted by Doug Greer -
A Biofuel Process to Replace All Fossil Fuels
Joule Biotechnologies grows genetically engineered microorganisms in specially designed photobioreactors. The microorganisms use energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide ... -
Technology Review: Broad Use of Brain Boosters?
Off-label use of stimulants, such as Ritalin, is on the rise among college students. Studies show that 5 percent to 15 percent of students use prescription drugs as study ...Posted by Jeff Rothenberg -
Videos: A Lifelike Prosthetic Arm
A new surgical technique, developed by scientists at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, allows patients who have lost arms to use residual nerve signals to control a ...Posted by Katie Rose -
A New Processing Scheme for Algae Biofuels
OriginOil, an algae biofuel company based in Los Angeles, has developed a simpler and more efficient way to extract oil from algae.Posted by Katie Rose -
Does Anyone Understand Geo-Engineering?
Geo-engineering schemes fall broadly into two categories: those designed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and those designed to shade the earth and reflect ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
arXiv blog: The evolution of scientific ideas
Science is an evolving discipline. . . . how exactly are these fields changing? And what does it tell us about the evolution of ideas and the changing nature of science?Posted by Katie Rose -
Solar-Power Breakthrough
Researchers have made a major advance in inorganic chemistry that could lead to a cheap way to store energy from the sun. In so doing, they have solved one of the key problems ...Posted by David Fox -
Internet Gridlock
The idea that the Internet should be fair--that it shouldn't pick favorites among users, service providers, applications, and types of content--is generally known as net ...Posted by Paul-André Raymond -
Technology Review: A Smarter Web
Already, these techniques are helping developers stitch together complex applications or bring once-inaccessible data sources online. Semantic Web tools now in use improve ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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