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How we transform to a fully decarbonized world

Desalination is not the only energy-intensive process that would become viable. Aluminum, glass, and steel are among the most recycled materials in part because so much energy is needed to make them... Read more »

Job titles of the future: AI prompt engineer

Go-to AI experts: Since joining Sleed, Myrtzani has helped develop a tool that generates personalized LinkedIn posts for clients. The tool works with OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform, which automates the writing process using... Read more »

This creamy vegan cheese was made with AI

Using educated guesswork about which plants might perform well as substitutes, Climax food scientists have created more than 5,000 cheese prototypes in the past four years. With the same lab instruments employed... Read more »

What tech learned from Daedalus

Of course, Langford’s team modified some of the mythical parameters. The aircraft replaced feathers and wax with carbon-­fiber wings, and the pilot, the Greek cyclist Kanellos Kanellopoulos, didn’t flap his way into... Read more »

A linguistic warning sign for dementia

Older people with mild cognitive impairment, especially when characterized by episodic memory loss, are at increased risk for dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. Now a study by researchers from MIT, Cornell, and... Read more »

The energy transition’s effects on jobs

This map shows which US counties have the highest concentration of jobs that could be affected by a transition to renewable energy. Counties in blue are less likely to be affected, and... Read more »

An invisibility cloak for would-be cancers

In the mice, the researchers observed a dramatic increase in the tumors’ expression of SOX17. This gene encodes a transcription factor that is normally active only during embryonic development, when it helps... Read more »

What’s one memento you kept from your time at MIT?

The latest iteration of a legacy Founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899, MIT Technology Review is a world-renowned, independent media company whose insight, analysis, reviews, interviews and live events... Read more »

The silver-platter season

Institute records show rugby being played as early as 1882, making the Tech club the oldest in NERFU and one of the oldest in the nation. In 1974, it fielded two 15-man... Read more »

I went to COP28. Now the real work begins.

At home in Jamaica, Gentles has seen the impact of climate change firsthand.COURTESY OF RUNAKO GENTLES Beyond significantly lowering the standard of living for the poor and lower-middle classes, climate change is... Read more »