MIT Develops Soft, Flexible Neural Implants That Can Be 3D Printed on Demand
Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices. The brain is one of our most vulnerable organs, as soft as the softest…
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MIT Chemists Have Developed a Peptide That Could Block COVID-19
MIT chemists are testing a protein fragment that may inhibit coronaviruses’ ability to enter human lung cells. The research described in this article has been…
MIT Aims to Turn Wi-Fi Signals Into Usable Power With Energy-Harvesting Design
Device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, other portable electronics. Any device that sends out a Wi-Fi signal also emits terahertz waves…
MIT Will Post Free Plans Online for an Emergency Ventilator That Can Be Built for $100
Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages. One of the most…
5 Weeks Instead of 50 Years: Neural Networks Optimize Search for New Materials
Neural Networks Facilitate Optimization in the Search for New Materials Sorting through millions of possibilities, a search for battery materials delivered results in five weeks…
MIT Joins White House Supercomputing Effort to Speed Search for COVID-19 Solutions
The White House has announced the launch of the Covid-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, a collaboration among various industry, government, and academic institutions which will…
Researchers Demonstrate the Missing Link for Ultra-Secure Quantum Internet
Towards an Unhackable Quantum Internet with Harvard and MIT A quantum internet could be used to send unhackable messages, improve the accuracy of GPS, and…
Pattern of Waves Found in Growing Organisms Similar to Ocean Circulations and Quantum Fluids
Growth of an Organism Rides on a Pattern of Waves Study shows ripples across a newly fertilized egg are similar to other systems, from ocean…
How Wave Power Drives Coastal Erosion in Hawaii Quantified by Researchers
The average power of waves hitting a coastline can predict how fast that coast will erode. Over millions of years, Hawaiian volcanoes have formed a…
MIT Invented a Tiny New Sensor to Help Prevent Food Waste
Monitoring the plant hormone ethylene could reveal when fruits and vegetables are about to spoil. As flowers bloom and fruits ripen, they emit a colorless,…
Unexpectedly High Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Chemicals Found by Scientists
Recovering and safely destroying the sources of these chemicals could speed ozone recovery and reduce climate change. In 2016, scientists at MIT and elsewhere observed…
Unusual Bacterial Enzyme Discovered That Could Become a New Target for Antibiotics
Scientists discover the structure of an enzyme, found in the human gut, that breaks down a component of collagen. MIT and Harvard University chemists have…
MIT COVID-19 Diagnostic Could Aid Efforts to Detect and Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus
As more Covid-19 cases appear in the United States and around the world, the need for fast, easy-to-use diagnostic tests is becoming ever more pressing….
Workers Are Getting Smaller Pieces of the Pie – MIT Study Finds Out Why
Market concentration in the form of “superstar” firms has been lowering labor’s share of GDP in recent decades, a new study finds. It’s one of…
MIT Neuroscientists Identify “Landmark Code” in the Brain That Helps Us Navigate
Neuroscientists discover how a key brain region combines visual and spatial information to help us find our way. When we move through the streets of…
One-Sided Pulsator: New Type of Pulsating Star Discovered After 40-Year Search
A star that pulses on just one side has been predicted in theory. But it took two simultaneous discoveries on opposite sides of our planet…
MIT System “Recruits” Defects for Easier Scaling of Quantum Devices
System “recruits” defects that usually cause disruptions, using them to instead carry out quantum operations. In an advance that may help researchers scale up quantum…
Showing Robots How to Do Your Chores – Automated Robots That Learn Just by Watching
By observing humans, robots learn to perform complex tasks, such as setting a table. Training interactive robots may one day be an easy job for…