10 Emerging Technologies

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Technology Review has a special report that looks at the new technologies – and the people behind them – that will have a big impact on business, medicine and culture.

Epigenetics - Alexander Olek has developed tests to detect cancer early by measuring its subtle DNA changes.

Cognitive Radio – To avoid future wireless traffic jams, Heather “Haitao” Zheng is finding ways to exploit unused radio spectrum.

Diffusion Tensor Imaging - Kelvin Lim is using a new brain-imaging method to understand schizophrenia.

Nuclear Reprogramming - Hoping to resolve the embryonic-stem-cell debate, Markus Grompe envisions a more ethical way to derive the cells

Universal Authentication – Leading the development of a privacy-protecting online ID system, Scott Cantor is hoping for a safer Internet.

Nanobiomechanics – Measuring the tiny forces acting on cells, Subra Suresh believes, could produce fresh understanding of diseases.

Comparative Interactomics – By creating maps of the body’s complex molecular interactions, Trey Ideker is providing new ways to find drugs.

Nanomedicine - James Baker designs nanoparticles to guide drugs directly into cancer cells, which could lead to far safer treatments.

Pervasive Wireless - Can’t all our wireless gadgets just get along

Stretchable Silicon - By teaching silicon new tricks, John Rogers is reinventing the way we use electronics.

Special Reports: 10 Emerging Technologies

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