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Greener Plastics

On June 18, 2013 By

Plastics have become synonymous with waste, but they can be made ­sustainably. There can be little doubt that plastic materials have dramatically improved everything from clothing to travel to communications…

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A neuroscientist who has anguished over the terrors in her family’s history explores how people might erase the trauma from memories. It was a Saturday night at the New York…

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The best of the rest from the Physics arXiv preprint server Whirling Skirts And Rotating Cones

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A novel software tool could make it far easier to bring new energy storage technologies to market. If we’re ever going to run the world on intermittent renewable energy, we’re…

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Another chance to catch the most interesting, and important, articles from the previous week on MIT Technology Review .

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A roundup of the most interesting stories from other sites, collected by the staff at MIT Technology Review . The Secret War This account of General Keith Alexander’s cyberwar efforts paints…

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Eschewing grit and realism for creativity and simplicity, Minecraft has heralded a new era in which bedroom programmers can bypass publishers and still see their creations become global hits. All…

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Researchers are designing a “dialysis-like” machine that could identify and remove pathogens responsible for an often lethal blood infection. Taking advantage of recent advances in nanotechnology and microfluidics, researchers…

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The social network between characters in Homer’s Odyssey is remarkably similar to real social networks today. That suggests the story is based, at least in part, on real events, say…

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Research could make persistent computer-vision more feasible, and improve your smartphone’s battery life. The digital cameras in smartphones, tablets, and devices like Google Glass are increasingly powerful and useful…

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Factual, a company that provides location data on places, thinks more apps could make use of its information. Many smartphone apps have terms and conditions that allow them to collect…

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Physicists have worked out how to cloak a region of space from the quantum world, thereby shielding it from reality itself

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The U.S. government should allow disclosure of how often NSA taps into user data, argue Facebook, Microsoft and Google Facebook, Google and Microsoft today made public calls on the…

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Pebble, the smartwatch upstart, is charging ahead while computing giants mull their product plans. In April 2012, Eric Migicovsky launched a Kickstarter campaign for Pebble , the smartwatch that went on to…

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The strong glass that is used in 1.5 billion consumer electronic devices worldwide could soon help make more fuel-efficient, quieter cars. Corning’s durable Gorilla Glass is used in the displays…

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With its new mobile OS, Apple looks to longtime design head Jonathan Ive, and takes a few cues from competitors. For Apple, there’s a lot riding on iOS 7, the newest…

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The strong glass that is used in 1.5 billion consumer electronic devices worldwide could soon help make more fuel-efficient, quieter cars. Corning’s durable Gorilla Glass is used in the displays…

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The “Chinese Quantum Science Satellite” will launch in 2016 and aim to make China the first space-faring nation with quantum communication capability

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The same big U.S. Internet companies that reportedly handed over data wholesale to the NSA have been promising compliance with tough EU privacy standards. Most European nations have long…

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Soft contact lenses could display information to the wearer and provide continuous medical monitoring. For those who find Google Glass indiscreet, electronic contact lenses that outfit the user’s cornea with…

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