Meet the Ethiopian entrepreneur who is reinventing ammonia production
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How Trump’s policies are affecting early-career scientists—in their own words
Every year MIT Technology Review celebrates accomplished young scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors from around the…
How Yichao “Peak” Ji became a global AI app hitmaker
Yichao “Peak” Ji is one of MIT Technology Review’s 2025 Innovators Under 35. Meet the rest…
Why basic science deserves our boldest investment
In December 1947, three physicists at Bell Telephone Laboratories—John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain—built…
The Download: introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2025
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
New theory explores how workers interact with technology in the modern workplace
In a new paper, two University of Kansas scholars propose a novel theory of communication…
Flexible ergonomics: Researchers explore new computer mouse designs
Nearly six decades after its invention, the design of the computer mouse has remained largely…
Imagining the future of banking with agentic AI
Agentic AI is coming of age. And with it comes new opportunities in the financial…
Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite.
This week I’m writing from Manchester, where I’ve been attending a conference on aging. Wednesday was…
The Download: longevity myths, and sewer-cleaning robots
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…