The Download: The startup that says it can stop lightning, and inside…
Startup Skyward Wildfire says it can prevent catastrophic fires by stopping the lightning strikes that ignite…
MIT Technology Review Insiders Panel
The latest iteration of a legacyFounded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899, MIT Technology…
Precision Farming Market Drivers: Labor Shortages and Climate Variability…
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The Download: protesting AI, and what’s floating in space
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of…
MIT Technology Review is a 2026 ASME finalist in reporting
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Global Environmental Remediation Market to Expand at an 8.2% CAGR Through…
The global environmental remediation market is projected to grow from USD 141.87 billion in 2025 to USD…
Roundtables: Why 2026 Is the Year for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Listen to the session or watch below Sodium-based batteries could be a cheaper, safer alternative to…
America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in.
Two messages were encoded on the 70-foot parachute used by the Perseverance rover as it descended toward Mars.…
This company claims a battery breakthrough. Now they need to prove it.
It sounded amazing—this sort of technology could transform the EV industry. But many quickly wondered if it was…
The Download: How America lost its lead in the hunt for alien life, and…
In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots.…