{
  "id": 6756214,
  "title": "The Download: biotech’s future and cheaper, cleaner steel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/the-download-biotechs-future-and-cheaper-cleaner-steel",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-11T12:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MIT Technology Review",
    "slug": "mit-technology-review",
    "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/11/1143879/the-download-biotech-future-cheaper-cleaner-steel/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This edition of The Download features biotech innovators and the founder of Hertha Metals, Laureen Meroueh. Meroueh has developed a new method for steelmaking that combines iron ore and natural gas in a single step, eliminating the need for coal. By doing so, she claims to reduce emissions by at least half and cut costs by 25% compared to traditional steelmaking processes.",
  "summary": "This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet the under-35s shaping the future of biotech Every year, MIT Technology Review puts together our 35 Innovators Under 35, a list of some of the brightest and best young minds…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}