MIT Energy Initiative Report Highlights the Future of Solar Energy
A new report by the MIT Energy Initiative assesses solar energy’s current and potential competitive position and identifies changes in U.S. government policies that could…
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“Fingerprinting” Chips to Aid in Fight Against Counterfeiting
MIT spinout Verayo has created technology that tracks random variations in silicon chips to assign them unique “fingerprints” to aid in the fight against worldwide…
Implantable Device Allows Doctors to Identify the Best Chemotherapy Agents
A team of engineers has developed a new implantable device that will allow doctors to test the effectiveness of cancer drugs and to identify drugs…
Artificial Photosynthesis System Poses Win/Win for the Environment
Researchers from the Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have created an artificial photosynthesis system that synthesizes the combination of carbon dioxide and water into acetate,…
New MIT Sensor Detects Spoiled Meat
Chemists at MIT have developed an inexpensive, portable sensor that can detect gases emitted by rotting meat, allowing consumers to determine whether the meat in…
BLAST Delivers Large Particles Into Cells at High Speed
A newly developed device can deliver nanoparticles, enzymes, antibodies, bacteria and other “large-sized” cargo into mammalian cells at speeds up to 100,000 cells per minute….
MIT Engineers Develop New Magnetic-Field Detector That is 1,000 Times More Efficient
Engineers at MIT have developed a new, ultrasensitive magnetic-field detector that is 1,000 times more energy-efficient than its predecessors. The detectors could lead to better…
Carbon Nanotube Fibers Provide Two-Way Communication with Neurons
New research from Rice University reveals that carbon nanotube fibers provide a two-way connection with neurons and show promise for treating patients with neurological disorders….
New “Tandem” Solar Cell to Harnesses More Sunlight
By combining two types of photovoltaic material, researchers from MIT and Stanford have developed a new “tandem” solar cell that harnesses more sunlight. Researchers at…
Future Supply Risks of Metals and Metalloids
New research from Yale University details the “criticality” of all 62 metals on the Periodic Table of Elements, providing key insights into which materials might…
NASA Begins Testing Electric Propulsion Technologies
Over the next several months, NASA researchers will perform ground testing on the electric propulsion technologies from the Leading Edge Asynchronous Propeller Technology project. The…
New Circuits That Can Control Light and Sound
A team of researchers has developed hybrid technologies that can control light and sound, allowing information to be stored, filtered, and manipulated with far greater…
New Nanodevice Defeats Drug Resistance By Turning Off Drug-Resistance Genes
Researchers from MIT have developed a new nanodevice that can defeat drug resistance by turning off the drug resistant gene and then releasing cancer drugs…
3D Graphene Aerogel Catalyst Shows Promise for Fuel Cells
New research from Rice University shows that graphene nanoribbons formed into a three-dimensional aerogel and enhanced with boron and nitrogen are excellent catalysts for fuel…
Chemical Engineers Design New Self-Healing Hydrogel for Drug Delivery
Chemical engineers from MIT have designed a new type of self-healing hydrogel that consists of a mesh network made of two components: nanoparticles made of…
New Technique Could Enable Low-Cost Silicon Devices in Fibers
In a newly published study, researchers from MIT detail a new inexpensive approach to generating silicon-core fibers. Scientists have known how to draw thin fibers…
New Circuit Reduces Power Leakage When Transmitters Are Idle
Engineers have developed a new transmitter design that reduces off-state leakage 100-fold. At the same time, this new technology provides adequate power for Bluetooth transmission,…
New Approach Improves Execution Times and Efficiency of Multicore Chips
New research from MIT describes a system that cleverly distributes data around multicore chips’ memory banks, improving execution times by 18 percent on average while…
