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Issue #83

blood capsule
Nov 22 2019
Stephen Quake: What can the DNA in your blood reveal about your health?
Health, Technology & Society
blue background with multicolored lines gathered closer on the right side
Nov 22 2019
A new algorithm trains AI to avoid bad behaviors
Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data
Illustration of a light bulb emanating rays shaped like computer chip lines
Dec 2 2019
Can we develop computer chips that run on light?
In recent experiments, researchers identify a common material that could help.
Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Materials
shelley
Apr 2 2019
An autonomous car goes to driver’s ed
Transportation & Robotics
Illustration of a factory with two smokestacks emitting pollution into grey and black clouds against an orange sky
Nov 19 2019
What if we could convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into fuel?
Energy, Environment

Issue #82

Man with eyes closed touching the tactile display
Nov 13 2019
A new touch-based display makes 3D design accessible to the blind
Technology & Society
Plant by a window
Nov 15 2019
Elizabeth Sattely: Plants are the ultimate chemists
Environment, Health
Illustration of lungs
Nov 13 2019
Is it possible to slow tumor growth in one type of lung cancer?
Bioengineers experiment with a new drug that aims to interfere with the processes that cause this cancer to spread.
Health
marsh
Jul 30 2019
Sometimes the road to discovery starts with a walk in a local marsh
Environment
Video camera
Jun 20 2019
A new algorithm makes editing video as easy as editing text
Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Issue #81

water flowing from a drain
Oct 29 2019
Q&A: How do we develop new sources of usable water?
Environment, Technology & Society
Isometric illustration of a mammography lab
Oct 29 2019
Ross Shachter: Can AI improve mammography?
Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Health
Colorful lockers
Oct 17 2019
What is the most effective way to bring AI into the classroom?
It will require a collaboration between educators and technologists.
Technology & Society
Tomatoes
Oct 29 2019
Scientists have developed a ‘vaccine’ to protect tomato plants
Environment, Technology & Society
Simple bacteria illustration in purple and beige
Oct 22 2019
What can the structure of bacteria tell us about fighting infection?
Health