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Sun + Water = Fuel

November/December 2008

With catalysts created by an MIT chemist, sunlight can turn water into hydrogen gas. If the process can scale up, it could make solar power a dominant source of energy.By Kevin Bullis

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Upwardly Mobile
An Indian startup thinks that the right software can make cheap phones a financial lifeline to hundreds of millions.
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The Flaw at the Heart of the Internet
Dan Kaminsky discovered a fundamental problem and got people to care in time. We were lucky this time.

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