Briefings

Technology Review's primers on key emerging technologies.

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These online communities are redefining how we find and share information, but will operators be able to assuage privacy concerns?

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'Skin Printer' Could Help Heal Battlefield Wounds

  • By Christopher Mims
  • 10/29/10

Using an inkjet printer and cartridges full of living tissue, researchers demonstrate rapid healing in animals.

Brain Scans Teach Humans to Empathize with Bots

  • By Christopher Mims
  • 7/30/10

Mirror neurons light up when we're put in their shoes.

Virtual Reality for Fruit Flies: Plans Unveiled

The ability to track fruit flies in real time is the foundation of a virtual reality system that could revolutionize the study of animal flying behavior.

Norman Borlaug, Agronomist Who Fought World Hunger, Dies

  • By John Pollock
  • 9/15/9

Britain Calls for a Genomic Health Road Map

  • By David Ewing Duncan
  • 7/8/9

The plan would introduce a comprehensive link between genomics and health care. Should the United States follow Britain's lead?

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