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Cheap sequencing technology is flooding the world with genomic data. Can we handle the deluge?
Qualcomm uses the mechanism that gives color to butterfly wings to make low-power, full-color e-reader displays.
At its electric-car factory in Silicon Valley, Tesla obsesses over details like making its own high-tech tools.
Photographs by John Stocklin
Behind the scenes at a startup developing batteries for grid storage.
TR takes a look at the best mobile software for tracking and reducing consumer energy use.
What’s a tweet worth? The Web is redefining what’s valuable and letting people create personal wealth in surprising new ways.
Students, startups, and corporations pioneer mobile health applications in a mobile-saturated nation.
Organovo's 3-D printer creates human tissues that could help speed drug discovery.
The work and inspiration of Gerhard Richter.
Every January, up to 150,000 people swarm the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where they mainly see salesmen and models touting slick gadgets under bright lights. Most visitors miss the surprises that can be found in a plain corner called the “International Gateway,” where manufacturers from Asia display unglamorous components and offbeat items.
Photographs by Gregg Segal