
These are the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025
Jun 24, 2025 · The World Economic Forum’s latest Top 10 Emerging Technologies report explores the tech on the cusp of making a massive impact on our lives.
Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact - MIT News
Jan 17, 2025 · MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.
Exploring the impacts of technology on everyday citizens
Apr 9, 2025 · MIT Associate Professor Dwai Banerjee studies the impact of technology on society, ranging from cancer treatment to the global spread of computing.
Does technology help or hurt employment? - MIT News
Apr 1, 2024 · Economists used new methods to examine how many U.S. jobs have been lost to machine automation, and how many have been created as technology leads to new tasks. On net, and …
These are the top five energy technology trends of 2025
Sep 8, 2025 · There are several key energy technology trends dominating 2025. Security, costs and jobs; decarbonization; China; India; and AI all need to be carefully monitored. The World Economic …
MIT engineers grow “high-rise” 3D chips
Dec 18, 2024 · MIT researchers fabricated 3D chips with alternating layers of semiconducting material grown directly on top of each other. The method eliminates thick silicon between layers, leading to …
Technology convergence is leading us to the fifth industrial revolution
Jan 13, 2025 · Technology convergence across industries is accelerating innovation, particularly in AI, biotech and sustainability, pushing us closer to the fifth industrial revolution. Bioprinting and AI-driven …
New therapeutic brain implants could defy the need for surgery
Nov 5, 2025 · While brain implants usually require hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical costs and risky surgical procedures, circulatronics technology holds the potential to make therapeutic brain …
On technology in schools, think evolution, not revolution
Oct 6, 2024 · MIT Professor Justin Reich is an advocate for technology in schools, but with a realistic perspective. Ed-tech tools produce gradual evolution, rather than revolution, in schools that are …
Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air
Nov 18, 2025 · MIT researchers designed a device that quickly recovers drinking water from an atmospheric water harvesting material. The system uses ultrasonic waves to shake the water out of …