MIT Researchers 3D Print Precise Plasma Sensors for Satellites
Cheap and quick to produce, these digitally manufactured plasma sensors could help scientists predict the weather or study climate change. Scientists at MIT have created…
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Patients With Aphasia Use Different Cognitive Tools To Compensate for Language Deficits
Study Illuminates Trade-Off Between Complex Words and Complex Sentences A team of cognitive scientists and doctors finds that patients with aphasia use different cognitive tools…
MIT’s Tiny Robotic Lightning Bugs Take Flight
Inspired by fireflies, scientists create insect-scale robots that can emit light when they fly, which enables motion tracking and communication. Lightning bugs that light up…
Natel Energy: Making Hydropower Plants More Fish-Friendly and Sustainable
Natel Energy, launched by sibling MIT alumni, is deploying hydropower systems with fish-safe turbines and other features that mimic natural river conditions. Growing up on…
Why Do Cancer Cells Need Fat?
A study explains why many cancer cells need the import of fat. The unexpected causes of cancer cells’ frequent reliance on fat imports are being…
Mysterious Hidden Quantum Phase in a 2D Crystal Captured by Scientists for the First Time
Single-shot spectroscopy techniques provide scientists with a new understanding of a mysterious light-driven process. Harold “Doc” Edgerton, the late MIT professor, developed high-speed strobe-flash photography…
MIT’s New Analog Synapse Is 1 Million Times Faster Than the Synapses in the Human Brain
New Hardware Delivers Faster Computation for Artificial Intelligence, With Much Less Energy MIT engineers working on “analog deep learning” have found a way to propel…
MIT Engineers Develop Ultrasound Stickers That Can See Inside the Body
New stamp-sized ultrasound adhesives deliver clear images of the heart, lungs, and other internal organs. When clinicians need live images of a patient’s internal organs,…
Robots Learn To Play With Play Dough – Better Than People With Just 10 Minutes of Data
Robots manipulate soft, deformable material into various shapes from visual inputs in a new system that could one day enable better home assistants. Many of…
New MIT Computer Model Helps Identify Mutations That Drive Cancer
The system rapidly scans the genome of cancer cells and could help scientists find targets for new drugs. Cancer cells can have thousands of DNA…
Artificial Intelligence Takes the Guesswork Out of Dental Care
MIT alumni-founded company analyzes and annotates dental X-rays to help dentists offer more comprehensive care. A hospital radiologist is often pictured as a specialist who…
Starfish Embryos Swim in Surprisingly Organized Formation – Like a “Living Crystal”
Their swirling, clustering behavior may someday inform the design of self-assembling robotic swarms. A starfish embryo, in its earliest stages, before it sprouts its distinctive…
MIT Scientists Discover That Computers Can Understand Complex Words and Concepts
Models for natural language processing use statistics to collect a wealth of information about word meanings. In “Through the Looking Glass,” Humpty Dumpty says scornfully,…
MIT Discovers Semiconductor That Can Perform Far Better Than Silicon
Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have found a material that can perform much better than silicon. The next step is finding practical and economic ways…
MIT Expert on Powerful Computers and Innovation
Q&A: MIT’s Neil Thompson on Computing Power and Innovation Innovation in many industries has been fueled by rapid increases in the speed and power of…
Alternative to Silicon: Why Perovskites Could Take Solar Cells to New Heights
This family of crystalline compounds is at the forefront of research pursuing alternatives to silicon. Perovskites have great potential for creating solar panels that could…
MIT Engineers Find a Way To Save Energy and Make Water Boil More Efficiently
New surface treatments could save energy for systems used in many industries. At the heart of a wide range of industrial processes, including most electricity…
In Case of Climate Emergency: Deploying Space Bubbles To Block Out the Sun
“Space Bubbles” – The Deflection of Solar Radiation Using Thin-Film Inflatable Bubble Rafts An interdisciplinary group of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is…
