Defects In Metal Oxides May Be Key To Their Performance
A newly published study details how defects in metal oxides may be key to their performance for a variety of high-tech applications. Sometimes things that…
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New Microfluidic Device Uses Acoustics to Quickly Analyze Blood
A team of engineers has developed a new microfluidic device uses acoustics to quickly analyze blood for signatures of cancer and other diseases. Cells secrete…
Engineers Develop a New Approach to Ultrafast Light Pulses
A team of engineers has developed a new approach to ultrafast light pulses that could be used for rapid light-based communications systems. Two-dimensional materials called…
Bacterial Populations in Mother’s GI Tract May Play a Central Role in Autism
Two new studies from MIT and the University of Massachusetts Medical School reveal that mothers who experience an infection severe enough to require hospitalization during…
MIT Engineers Design “Peel-and-Go” Printable Structures That Fold Themselves
Engineers from MIT have developed a new method to produce printable structures that begin to fold up as soon as they are peeled off the…
New General-Purpose Technique Sheds Light on Inner Workings of Neural Nets
Researchers from MIT are set to present a new general-purpose technique for making sense of neural networks trained to perform natural-language-processing tasks, in which computers…
Researchers Reveal a New Way to Enhance or Reduce the Adhesion of Freezing Droplets
Researchers from MIT have discovered a surprising new twist to the mechanics involved when droplets come in contact with surfaces, allowing them to enhance or…
Engineered Bacteria Could Lead to Better Drugs
A newly developed method allows researchers to learn more about how existing antibiotics work and potentially help them to develop new drugs. MIT and Harvard…
Drones Could Save Retailers Billions Lost Through Faulty Inventory Records
Engineers from MIT have developed a system that enables small, safe, aerial drones to read RFID tags in large warehouses at a distance of several…
Researchers Confirm Theory of “Superballistic” Electron Flow
New experiments confirm theory of “superballistic” electron flow, revealing how electrons behave like particles in a viscous fluid to help bunches of electrons squeeze through…
Tectonic Plates Used to Sink Much Further Than They do Today
New research from MIT reveals that ancient Earth harbored higher mantle temperatures, which were much more efficient at drawing down pieces of the planet’s crust….
Neuroscientists Reveal the Brain Circuit Dedicated to Retrieving Memories
Neuroscientists from MIT have shown, for the first time, that recalling a memory requires a “detour” circuit that branches off from the original memory circuit….
Moon’s Magnetic Field May Have Lasted 2 Billion Years
New findings from MIT suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon’s ancient churning, extending the lunar dynamo’s lifetime by at least 1 billion years….
Blocking HDAC2 Enzyme May Reverse Memory Loss Caused by Alzheimer’s Disease
Research from MIT suggests a new approach to developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, revealing a new way to reverse memory loss by blocking an enzyme…
Initial Pulse of Siberian Traps Sills Triggered End-Permian Extinction
New research from MIT reveals that about 251.9 million years ago, in a region that today is known as the Siberian Traps, a huge pulse…
Ultracold Molecules Could Provide Long-Sought “Qubit” Material
Using ultracold molecules made of just two atoms, researchers from MIT demonstrate a new approach that yields long-lasting configurations that could provide long-sought “qubit” material….
New Inexpensive Robots Find Leaks from Inside Pipes
Engineers from MIT have developed a fast, inexpensive robotic device that can find even tiny leaks in pipes with pinpoint precision, no matter what the…
Researchers Develop a Sampling Scheme That is Unconstrained by Bandwidth
Researchers from MIT and the Technical University of Munich have developed a new technique could lead to cameras that can handle light of any intensity,…