Discussions
Interpreting the Genome
Stanley N. Lapidus, founder and chairman of Helicos Biosciences, talks about his decision to have his genome sequenced and the results made public as part of George Church’s Personal Genome Project.
Spinning Silk into Sensors
Fiorenzo Omenetto, associate professor of biomedical engineering and physics at Tufts University School of Engineering, explains his work in silk optics.
Lifeline for Renewable Power
General Electric’s Juan de Bedout demonstrates the company’s software system to improve the electric grid.
Perspectives on Cloud Security
Researchers describe the potential benefits, and security challenges, of cloud computing.
The Cryptographic Solution
Microsoft Researcher Kristin Lauter discusses cryptographic-based cloud access and search.
Trading Shares in Milliseconds
Manjo Narang, CEO of Tradeworx, talks about his company’s high-speed trading technology and what such systems mean in today’s stock market.
A Material to Capture Carbon Dioxide
Allen Wright, senior staff associate at Columbia University, demonstrates a material that captures carbon dioxide from the air, which could be used to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.
Why Climate Scientists Support Geoengineering Research
Ronald Prinn, a professor of atmospheric science and the director of the center for global change science at MIT, says why climate scientists have started to change their minds about geoengineering.
How Rocks Capture Carbon Dioxide
Peter Kelemen, a professor of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University, describes how to capture and store carbon dioxide by speeding up a reaction found naturally in certain rocks.
Searching Unstructured Data
Mike Lynch, cofounder and chief executive of Autonomy, talks about how to search unstructured data and explains his company’s technology.