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…
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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,…
New Chip Design Method May Result in Miniature Smart Drones
A team of engineers at MIT has developed a method for designing efficient computer chips may get miniature smart drones off the ground. In recent…
MIT Engineers Create a System That Reallocates Cache Access on the Fly
Researchers from MIT have designed a system that reallocates cache access on the fly, increasing processing speed by 20 to 30 percent while reducing energy…
Researchers Manipulate Nanoscale Particles with Light
Scientists from MIT have created in simulations the first system in which particles — ranging from roughly molecule to bacteria-sized — can be manipulated by…
Scientists Produce Graphene Membranes for Dialysis Applications
Using graphene, researchers from MIT have developed a dialysis membrane material that can filter nanometer-sized molecules at 10 to 100 times the rate of commercial…
FLARE Technique Provides Snapshots of Neuron Activity
Researchers from MIT and Stanford have developed a way to label neurons when they become active, essentially providing a snapshot of their activity at a…
New Laser Technique Identifies the Makeup of Space Debris
Aerospace engineers have developed a laser sensing technique, called laser polarimetry, that can decipher not only where but what kind of space junk may be…
New Aluminum Batteries Increase the Range of UUVs Tenfold
New batteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles, giving UUVs a tenfold increase in range over traditional lithium-ion batteries used for the same…
MIT Engineers Develop Programmable Nanophotonic Processor
A team of engineers propose a new architecture for a fully optical neural network that, in principle, could offer an enhancement in computational speed and…
New Technique Could Benefit Diamond-Based Quantum Computers
In a newly published study, researchers from Harvard University, Sandia National Laboratories, and MIT reveal a new technique for creating targeted defects in diamond materials….
New Nanofluidic Device Speeds Up Quality Control for Biologics
Engineers from MIT have developed a nanofluidic device that enables rapid testing of protein drugs produced by living cells. Drugs manufactured by living cells, also…
Titan’s Landscape Resembles That of Mars, not Earth
New research from MIT shows that the origins of surface elevations on Mars and Titan are very different from that on Earth. The environment on…
MIT Develops New Model To Speed Up Colon Cancer Research
By delivering RNA encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles to the colon, scientists at MIT have developed a fast and accurate way to speed up colon cancer…
MIT Researchers Develop New Strategy for Stronger Polymers
A team of engineers at MIT have found a new strategy for reducing the number of loops in a polymer. The method could offer an…
MIT Develops a System That Can 3D Print the Basic Structure of an Entire Building
The list of materials that can be produced by 3D printing has grown to include not just plastics but also metal, glass, and even food….
MIT Engineers Control and Separate Fluids Using Visible Light
MIT engineers have developed a new system that uses light to control the way water moves over a surface. This advance may open the door…
New High-Resolution Technique Could Allow Researchers to Map Brain Circuits
A group of scientists from MIT have developed a way to make extremely high-resolution images of tissue samples at a fraction of the cost of…