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Seven technologies to watch in 2024

Advances in artificial intelligence are at the heart of many of this year’s most exciting areas of technological innovation
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From protein engineering and 3D printing to detection of deepfake media, here are seven areas of technology that Nature will be watching in the year ahead.

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Nature 625, 844-848 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00173-x

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