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  Karl Deisseroth's genetically engineered "light switch," which lets scientists turn selected parts of the brain on and off, may help improve treatments for depression
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  Artificially structured metamaterials could transform telecommunications, data storage, and even solar energy, says David R. Smith.
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  John Kitching's tiny magnetic-field sensors will take MRI where it's never gone before.
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  Stuart Parkin is using nanowires to create an ultradense memory chip.
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  Storing carbon dioxide in cement.
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  Controlling computers with our bodies
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  Lytro reinvented the camera so that it can evolve faster.
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  The designers of the Pebble watch realized that a mobile phone is more useful if you don’t have to take it out of your pocket.
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  Relatively cheap drones with advanced sensors and imaging capabilities are giving farmers new ways to increase yields and reduce crop damage.
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  A simple wireless technology promises to make driving much safer.GM has committed to using car-to-car communication in a 2017-model Cadillac.
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  Genetically engineered immune cells are saving the lives of cancer patients. That may be just the start.
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  Kenneth Crozier and Federico Capasso have created light-focusing optical antennas that could lead to DVDs that hold hundreds of movies.
