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Welcome to robot city | MIT Technology Review
That began to change with the partnership between the shipyard and the university. In the ’90s, that…
Job titles of the future: Pharmaceutical-grade mushroom grower
Backed by more than $22 million in investment, Optimi received a drug establishment license in 2024 from…
The AI Hype Index: falling in love with chatbots, understanding babies, and…
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a…
Studying the uninvited guests | MIT Technology Review
Mitchell has been working with samples collected by a local biotech company developing biotherapeutics for the…
The poetry of data | MIT Technology Review
These poems are just a few of the many in Muschenetz’s latest book that wrestle with contemporary social issues…
The man who reinvented the hammer
A trip to Walmart. An aging German shepherd. A cheap disposable camera.
These are just a few of the seemingly…
An environmentally friendly alternative to plastic microbeads
By changing the composition of these materials’ building blocks, researchers can optimize properties such as…
Tiny tubes wrap around brain cells
The devices are made from thin sheets of a soft polymer called azobenzene, which roll when exposed to light.…
A Nobel laureate on the economics of artificial intelligence
“We’re still going to have journalists, we’re still going to have financial analysts, we’re still going to have…
From climate-warming pollutant to useful material
Although it is less abundant than carbon dioxide, methane gas contributes disproportionately to global warming.…