Modeled after an earthworm, Meshworm is a soft autonomous robot that moves via peristalsis, crawling…
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A newly published study from MIT researchers details how the behavior of graphene can be…
In an effort to better understand the function of inhibitory neurons in the brain and…
A new study from MIT looks at what happens when the SIRT1 protein is missing…
A new study from scientists at MIT examined how temperature increases affect economic growth in…
Using a microfluidic system for simultaneously measuring single-cell mass and cell cycle progression over multiple…
A new study from MIT and Boston University scientists describes a new method of using…
In an effort to improve image-processing software, a team of researchers developed a new programming…
Using an initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) process, a team of scientists at MIT has…
Using a technique based on electromagnetically induced transparency, MIT and Harvard scientists have achieved the…
A newly published study from scientists at MIT describes their discovery of a bacterial gene…
Scientists have discovered the first exoplanetary system with regularly aligned orbits similar to those in…
By focusing on the initial days of an epidemic and determining how likely the largest…
Using images taken from Cassini-Huygens, a team of researchers analyzed and mapped 52 prominent liquid…
Using tiny posts to guide the patterning of self-assembling polymer molecules, researchers at MIT developed…
Scientists have taken a step forward on the path to engineering completely autonomous underwater vehicles…
Using an algorithm to analyze data and identify safe zones, a team of scientists developed…
Similar to the dual layered LCD screens used by Nintendo’s 3DS to create glasses-free 3D…