on (#148DK)
Genetically modified mosquitoes seem to stop the spread of disease—but will Brazil, or anyone else, pay for them?
MIT Technology Review
| Link | https://www.technologyreview.com/ |
| Feed | https://www.technologyreview.com/topnews.rss?from=feedstr |
| Updated | 2025-04-10 00:01 |
on (#146NE)
GM mosquitoes seem to work—but will Brazil, or anyone else, pay for them?
on (#142VT)
A study of the system that powers Bitcoin concludes that it cannot become widely used without a major redesign.
on (#145G8)
What is the potential of machine art, and can it truly be described as creative or imaginative?
on (#13ZHH)
What is the potential of machine art, and can it truly be described as creative or imaginative?
on (#13Q0M)
With Here earbuds from Doppler Labs, you’re in control of your aural environment, and it’s pretty sweet.
on (#13MTW)
Two high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors under construction in Shandong will make up the first commercial-scale plant of its type in the world.
on (#13K6B)
Two high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors under construction in Shandong will make up the first commercial-scale plant of its type in the world.
on (#13FF1)
The next U.S. government looks set to inherit the ongoing fight over whether the government should rein in encryption.
on (#13BSC)
A new class of experimental therapies is emerging from the study of how the community of microörganisms in your body contributes to disease.
on (#1388D)
Fear of the Zika virus could generate support for gene drives, a radical technology able to make species go extinct.
on (#131RY)
A major technological shift is needed in the next few years if computer chips are to keep improving.
on (#131RZ)
Some hedge funds boast that AI algorithms make their trading decisions—but these systems might be more conventional than they seem.
on (#131S0)
Researchers have begun human clinical trials for a device, inspired by woodpeckers, that’s meant to keep the brain from moving around so much inside the skull when it gets hit.
on (#131S1)
A challenge by DARPA asks scientists to develop ways to record from a million neurons at a time.
on (#131S2)
If virtual reality is going to be truly immersive, holding a game controller could be distracting. Companies will instead try to let you control the action with your eyes, head, or fingers.
on (#131S3)
Researchers have begun to understand the economic and social damage caused by climate change.
on (#131S4)
A nanomaterials chemist has figured out a good way to mimic leaves and turn water and carbon dioxide into things we need.
on (#131S5)
One cognitive scientist thinks the leading approach to machine learning can be improved by ideas gleaned from studying children.