MIT’s New Plant-Derived Material Is Tough As Bone and Hard As Aluminum
The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics. The strongest part of a tree lies not in its trunk or its sprawling roots, but…
The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics. The strongest part of a tree lies not in its trunk or its sprawling roots, but…
Collaboration with Federal Reserve Bank of Boston yields progress in understanding how a digital currency might be developed in the future. In collaboration with a…
Is an armed conflict imminent? As Russia masses military equipment near Ukraine borders, experts in an MIT forum express concern about possible action and its…
MIT neuroscientists have developed a computer model that can answer that question as well as the human brain. The human brain is finely tuned not…
An MIT team develops 3D-printed tags to classify and store data on physical objects. If you download music online, you can get accompanying information embedded…
Loci Controls, founded by two MIT alumni, helps landfill operators capture more of the potent greenhouse gas. The second-largest driver of global warming is methane,…
Thermal span in a layered compound promises applications in next-generation electrical switches and nonvolatile memory. When temperature changes, many materials undergo a phase transition, such…
A new method automatically describes, in natural language, what the individual components of a neural network do. Neural networks are sometimes called black boxes because,…
Making RNA Vaccines Easier To Swallow A pill that releases RNA in the stomach could offer a new way to administer vaccines, or to deliver…
The new qubits stay in “superposition” for up to 10 seconds, and could make a promising foundation for quantum computers. MIT physicists have discovered a…
The machine-learning model could help scientists speed the development of new medicines. Antibodies, small proteins produced by the immune system, can attach to specific parts…
The sticky patch could be quickly applied to repair gut leaks and tears. A staple on any engineer’s workbench, duct tape is a quick and…
The new substance is the result of a feat thought to be impossible: polymerizing a material in two dimensions. Using a novel polymerization process, MIT…
Editing tool makes fabrication process available to all. Picture a birthday card that flickers between images of a birthday cake and flowers as you turn…
Using ultrathin materials to reduce the size of superconducting qubits may pave the way for personal-sized quantum devices. Like the transistors in a classical computer,…
Work has potential applications in memory storage and demonstrates a rare form of matter. With the help of a “playground” they created for observing exotic…
An accidental discovery and a love of spectroscopic perturbations leads to the solution of a 90-year-old puzzle. In a global collaboration, a team of researchers…
MIT scientist Rosalind Picard collaborates with clinicians to develop tools for mental health care delivery. A machine-learning expert and a psychology researcher/clinician may seem an…