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Ten entries. Web date 2016-02-23. Each web article has Breakthrough / Why It Matters / Key Players fields; no Availability field found on the web articles. Quote is the article dek. Person names dropped from key players. Read through a summarising fetch per article; medium confidence.
Genetically engineered immune cells are saving the lives of cancer patients. That may be just the start.
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CRISPR offers an easy, exact way to alter genes to create traits such as disease resistance and drought tolerance.
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Powerful speech technology from China's leading Internet company makes it much easier to use a smartphone.
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Rockets typically are destroyed on their maiden voyage. But now they can make an upright landing and be refueled for another trip, setting the stage for a new era in spaceflight.
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What if robots could figure out more things on their own and share that knowledge among themselves?
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An online store for information about your genes will make it cheap and easy to learn more about your health risks and predispositions.
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A $750 million solar facility in Buffalo will produce a gigawatt of high-efficiency solar panels per year and make the technology far more attractive to homeowners.
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A service built for the era of mobile phones and short text messages is changing the workplace.
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The electric-vehicle maker sent its cars a software update that suddenly made autonomous driving a reality.
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Internet devices powered by Wi-Fi and other telecommunications signals will make small computers and sensors more pervasive.
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