WaveSave and its portable rubber dam
As sea levels rise and flood risks worsen due to global warming, WaveSave’s easy-to-erect portable dam offers a quick-response tool. People can use the dam to protect themselves and their property, and it can also stor…
Brimstone and its one-stop process for making cleaner cement and critical minerals
Brimstone is making strides on two industrial problems, reducing the emissions from cement and providing a way to produce more critical minerals within the US. If the company can do both, with the same rocks in the same …
X-energy and its helium-cooled nuclear reactors
X-energy is developing small modular reactors to satisfy some of the planet’s most power-hungry users: industrial manufacturers that need high temperatures to produce billions of tons of concrete, plastics, fibers, and…
Energy Dome and its carbon dioxide batteries
There’s a growing need for long-duration storage to meet energy demand and balance out renewables on the grid. Energy Dome uses compressed carbon dioxide gas in its massive grid batteries, which can deliver power for u…
Form Energy and its iron batteries
Form Energy is building iron-based batteries that can store energy for multiple days. The company is ramping up supply at its factory and signing deals for commercial projects. New solar and wind installations produce el…
WeLion New Energy and its semi-solid-state batteries
WeLion New Energy is on a quest to make safer, better batteries. The company’s semi-solid-state cells could improve safety and offer greater energy density than lithium-ion batteries to power electric cars, boats, and …
Here’s how our climate team picked 10 promising companies to watch
As the team at MIT Technology Review set out to choose companies for this year’s edition of our annual list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch, the challenge felt more daunting than any year since we started compiling …
Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants feature
The regulator said Instagram had not fully assessed risks posed by its Instants feature prior to launching it.
Gears of War: E-Day Is Nostalgic With Rich Visuals
In Gears of War: E-Day, it’s fun to see the origins of beloved characters in grand scale, even if its play feels conservative.
South Korea Investigates Possible Use of A.I. in Hackings on Its Banks
The president said there were signs that such models were used in recent attacks on several banks involving customer data. Police are investigating.