An aluminum-sulfur battery, made from inexpensive, abundant materials, could provide low-cost backup storage for renewable…
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MIT researchers unveil the first open-source simulation engine capable of constructing realistic environments for deployable…
Cheap and quick to produce, these digitally manufactured plasma sensors could help scientists predict the…
Study Illuminates Trade-Off Between Complex Words and Complex Sentences A team of cognitive scientists and…
Inspired by fireflies, scientists create insect-scale robots that can emit light when they fly, which…
Natel Energy, launched by sibling MIT alumni, is deploying hydropower systems with fish-safe turbines and…
A Study Explains Why Many Cancer Cells Need the Import of Fat The unexpected causes…
Single-shot spectroscopy techniques provide scientists with a new understanding of a mysterious light-driven process. Harold…
New Hardware Delivers Faster Computation for Artificial Intelligence, With Much Less Energy MIT engineers working…
New stamp-sized ultrasound adhesives deliver clear images of the heart, lungs, and other internal organs.…
Robots manipulate soft, deformable material into various shapes from visual inputs in a new system…
The system rapidly scans the genome of cancer cells and could help scientists find targets…
MIT alumni-founded company analyzes and annotates dental X-rays to help dentists offer more comprehensive care.…
Their swirling, clustering behavior may someday inform the design of self-assembling robotic swarms. A starfish…
Models for natural language processing use statistics to collect a wealth of information about word…
Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have found a material that can perform much better than…
Q&A: MIT’s Neil Thompson on Computing Power and Innovation Innovation in many industries has been…
This family of crystalline compounds is at the forefront of research pursuing alternatives to silicon.…