Technology Review AudioDizer Podcast - Top Stories

A Limb Regeneration Mystery Solved

Courtney Humphries — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Salamanders regrow limbs with less drastic cellular changes than previously thought.

Can Aging Be Solved?

Emily Singer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Gerontology pioneer Leonard Hayflick discusses the biological causes of aging.

Sensors for Tracking Home Water Use

Kate Greene — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Sensors track devices' electricity, water, and gas consumption from one spot.

A Robot that Navigates Like a Person

Anne-Marie Corley — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A new robot navigates using humanlike visual processing and object detection.

Medicine's New Toolbox

Lauren Gravitz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An alternative way to make stem cells could open a window on human disease.

Making Tumors More Sensitive to Chemotherapy

Michael Day — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Bacterial shells deliver a double whammy to cancer.

Firefox Aims to Unplug Scripting Attacks

Robert Lemos — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

How websites can block code from unknown sources.

How Not to Waste Taxpayer Dollars

Kevin Bullis — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Steve Isakowitz, the Department of Energy's CFO, on how the agency will spend billions on energy technology.

Waterproof Lithium-Air Batteries

Katherine Bourzac — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A California company's lithium metal-air batteries are lightweight and energy dense.

Peering Inside a Bird's Brain

Courtney Humphries — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A device tracks pigeons' brain activity as they find their way home.

New Drug Kills Cancer with Few Side Effects

Jocelyn Rice — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A personalized therapy targets the molecular mechanism behind a specific kind of tumor.

Simpler Data Visualization

Kate Greene — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Protovis aims to bridge the gap between computer scientists and visual artists.

Repairing the Stroke-Damaged Brain

Emily Singer — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Noninvasive electrical therapy combined with rehab boosts recovery after stroke.

FutureGen Rises from the Dead

Tyler Hamilton — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The DOE's backing revives a pioneering clean-coal project.

$100 Laptop Becomes a $5 PC

David Talbot — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Putting OLPC's software on a USB drive gives old PCs a new lease on life.

Traveling the Web Together

Erica Naone — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A browser plug-in aims to make it far simpler to browse the Web with friends.

Computer Clusters That Heat Houses

Duncan Graham-Rowe — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A novel water-cooling system makes it more efficient for computers to heat buildings.

Fusion Reactions Using Massive Lasers

Kevin Bullis — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Lab will try to start self-sustaining fusion reactions using the world's largest laser system.

Construction of the Ares I-X Rocket

Brittany Sauser — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The U.S. space agency readies the first test flight of the vehicle destined for the moon.

Heart Watchers

TR Editors — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

New wireless sensors and diagnostic algorithms promise simpler ways to remotely monitor cardiac patients for early warning signs of heart failure or heart attack.