MIT engineers have developed a printable aluminum alloy that can withstand high temperatures and is five times stronger than traditionally manufactured aluminum. The new printable metal is made from a mix of aluminum and other elements that the team identified…
Tokamaks are machines that are meant to hold and harness the power of the sun. These fusion machines use powerful magnets to contain a plasma hotter than the sun’s core and push the plasma’s atoms to fuse and release energy.…
The Nobel Prize in Physics is set to be announced, with potential honorees recognized for advancements in wavelet theory powering image compression, “invisibility cloak” research, and the science behind the James Webb Space Telescope. Other speculated fields include quantum information…
OpenAI’s CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, says big AI spending isn’t a bubble but the new reality, driven by rising demand. She sees computing power as key. While recognising AI risks, she highlights its benefits in mental health and jobs.…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: 10 climate tech companies to watch Every year, the MIT Technology Review newsroom produces a list of…
MIT Technology Review’s reporters and editors faced a dilemma as we began to mull nominees for this year’s list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch. How do you pick companies poised to succeed in a moment of such deep uncertainty,…
HiNa Battery Technology is a trailblazer in developing and mass-producing batteries using sodium, a widely available element that can be extracted from sea salt. The startup’s products—already powering small vehicles and energy storage plants in China—provide a valuable alternative to…
It’s a foregone conclusion that the world will not meet the goals for limiting emissions and global warming laid out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. Many people want to blame politicians and corporations for this failure, but there’s an even…
Chetan Bhagat dismissed AI’s threat to fiction writing. He stated AI cannot replicate human emotion or lived experience. Bhagat launched his new book, ’12 Years: My Messed-Up Love Story’, in Pune. The book features a love story with an age…