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Innovator Under 35: Yihui Zhang
Pop-up nanostructures make it far easier to fabricate very tiny shapes.
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Startups
How Natalya Brikner Became a Rocket Scientist and CEO Before 30
A breakthrough with tiny thrusters blasted this entrepreneur into the small satellite industry.
Big data
How NASA’s Exoplanet Modeling Software Simulated Conditions on Earth-Twin Proxima B
NASA’s computer model predicts that the exoplanet Proxima b will appear as a pale purple dot when it is imaged for the first time.
View from the Marketplace
Scalable Cloud Infrastructure Transforms the Data Center
Cloud deployments offer unparalleled flexibility—and new opportunities for driving business growth and success.
Automated cars
Fully Autonomous Cars Are Unlikely, Says America’s Top Transportation Safety Official
Some people just like to drive, for one thing.
Sponsored White Paper
IT Transformation Trends: Flash Storage as a Strategic Asset
Produced in partnership with Pure Storage
Robotics
Smart machines are beginning to speak to us and act on their own.
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Top Safety Official Doesn’t Trust Automakers to Teach Ethics to Self-Driving Cars
Federal rules could lay out how cars decide whom to protect or harm in a crash.
by Andrew Rosenblum
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AI Wants to Be Your Bro, Not Your Foe
Artificial intelligence will transform just about everything, but technologists should stop fretting that it’s going to destroy the world like Skynet.
by Will Knight
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Some U.S. Drones Are Getting Longer Leashes
Allowing commercial drones to fly more than one nautical mile from their pilot would make them much more useful.
by Tom Simonite
Working Toward Tomorrow’s Healthcare Today
Sponsored by Horizon Pharma
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Fetal Cells Offer Promise in Prenatal Testing
A scientist says a blood test that can discern a fetus’s entire genome is coming.
by Bonnie Rochman
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In Rehab Clinics, a Possible New Role for Brain-Computer Interfaces
Paralyzed people regained some motion after operating a brain-controlled robotic exoskeleton.
by Ryan Cross
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A Big Step Forward in the Quest for a Better Painkiller
Scientists have developed a new drug that promises the pain-numbing effects of opioids without the addiction.
by Adam Piore
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Energy
Can we transform how we power and feed the world in time to head off climate change?
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George W. Bush Helped Make Texas a Clean-Energy Powerhouse
As governor, Bush signed a bill that set the state on a path to becoming a leader in generating carbon-free electricity.
by Michael Reilly
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Why We Still Don’t Have Better Batteries
Startups with novel chemistries tend to falter before they reach full production.
by Richard Martin
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Finally, the U.S. Is About to Get Its First Offshore Wind Power
A small set of turbines off Rhode Island will switch on this October—could it be the start of something big?
by Michael Reilly
Innovations, Ideas, and Insights
Provided by BBVA
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A Gender Power Shift in the Making
We are well into the second decade of the 21st century, but the vexing topic of gender in corporate life is commanding more serious attention than ever before.
by Alison Maitland
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Striving for Innovation Success in the 21st Century
Open innovation bridges the gap between business and academia. It encourages participation on both sides, through a distributed and decentralized approach.
by Henry Chesbrough, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley
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