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Katherine Bourzac Contributor

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I’m a freelance journalist based in San Francisco. Before going freelance, I was MIT Technology Review’s material science editor; and I graduated from MIT’s Science Writing program in 2004.

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2 years ago

TR10: Synthetic Cells

Designing new genomes could speed the creation of vaccines and biofuel-producing bacteria
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2 years ago

A Commercial Space Shuttle

The Sierra Nevada Corporation is testing a spacecraft that could replace the space shuttle, carrying people and cargo into low earth orbit and back.
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2 years ago

Growing Lasers on Computer Chips

Researchers at UC Berkeley are developing and testing lasers grown on silicon chips. Processors that incorporate electrical and optical components could make for faster supercomputers and speedier downloading on personal computers.
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2 years ago

Spinning Nano Yarns

Researchers at the University of Texas in Dallas make high-tech yarns from nanotubes and powders. The yarns could be woven into battery electrodes, superconfucting fabrics, and wearable electronics.
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2 years ago

Reprogramming Life

Researchers are developing software tools to make it easier and faster to redesign microbes that make biofuels or drugs.
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2 years ago

Printing Electronic Skin

Ali Javey, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkley, shows Technology Review how his lab prints electronic skin.
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2 years ago

A Step toward Holographic Videoconferencing

A full-color holographic display system refreshes every two seconds, fast enough to send live 3-D images.
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2 years ago

Making a Nano-Water Filter for the Developing World

Researchers at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California are developing a filter that rapidly kills bacteria in water. The researchers hope their filter will be used in the developing world, where at least one billion people lack access to clean water.
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2 years ago

How to Redesign Life

At the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, MD, researchers have developed one of the most powerful methods yet for redesigning life. By editing genomes on the computer, synthesizing them in the lab, and transplanting the genomes into cells, Venter Institute researchers can speed up the process of genetic engineering. Ultimately, they want to design and create microbes that efficiently produce clean fuels, vaccines, and other products.
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2 years ago

Making Better Photonic Devices

Michelle Povinelli, a member of the 2010 TR35, explains how a fuller understanding of light’s fundamental physics can lead to better designs for telecommunications devices and solar cells.