Engineered Yeast Could Boost Biofuel Production
By making the microbes more tolerant to toxic byproducts, researchers show they can use a wider range of feedstocks, beyond corn. Boosting production of biofuels…
By making the microbes more tolerant to toxic byproducts, researchers show they can use a wider range of feedstocks, beyond corn. Boosting production of biofuels…
Implant surface topography can influence the development of scarring, inflammation, and other complications, researchers find. Every year, about 400,000 people receive silicone breast implants in…
Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease. There are certain…
PhD student Sarah Nyquist applies computational methods to understudied areas of reproductive health, such as the cellular composition of breast milk. Sarah Nyquist got her…
The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats. Engineers at MIT and Harvard University…
MIT engineers used kirigami-style etching to design a stent that can temporarily lodge in tubular organs to release drugs. Inspired by kirigami, the Japanese art…
The new carbon-based material could be a basis for lighter, tougher alternatives to Kevlar and steel. A new study by engineers at MIT, Caltech, and…
Jacopo Buongiorno and others say factory-built microreactors trucked to usage sites could be a safe, efficient option for decarbonizing electricity systems. We may be on…
The results open possibilities for studying gravity’s effects on relatively large objects in quantum states. To the human eye, most stationary objects appear to be…
Algorand uses a unique architecture developed by MIT Professor Silvio Micali to offer a decentralized, secure, and scalable blockchain. The Republic of the Marshall Islands…
MIT researchers demonstrate a way to sharply reduce errors in two-qubit gates, a significant advance toward fully realizing quantum computation. MIT researchers have made a…
2021 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change shows how more aggressive policies can sharply reduce…
A technique for labeling and retrieving DNA data files from a large pool could help make DNA data storage feasible. On Earth right now, there…
With thousands of satellites, each network could beam down tens of terabits per second, filling gaps left by land-based services. In recent months, people have…
Novel method, developed by McGovern Institute researchers, may lead to safer, more efficient gene therapies. Gene editing, or purposefully changing a gene’s DNA sequence, is…
Single-cell analysis of autopsy samples from COVID-19 patients shows how the lungs repeatedly tried, and failed, to repair themselves. Scientists from several hospitals and research…
How a pair of MIT Sloan Executive Education alumni translated teachings from an MIT course to operations improvements at Heineken México. It’s no secret that…
Observations in its first year of operation quadruple the number of known radio bursts and reveal two types: one-offs and repeaters. To catch sight of…