New Clues on How Nitrogenase, an Enzyme Critical for Life, Converts Nitrogen Into Ammonia
How Metals Work Together to Weaken Hardy Nitrogen-Nitrogen Bonds Nitrogen, an element that is essential for all living cells, makes up about 78 percent of…
How Metals Work Together to Weaken Hardy Nitrogen-Nitrogen Bonds Nitrogen, an element that is essential for all living cells, makes up about 78 percent of…
Imaging technique could enable new pathways for reducing concrete’s hefty carbon footprint, as well as for 3-D printing of concrete. The concrete world that surrounds…
Chemical engineers have found a way to load more drug into a tablet, which could then be made smaller and easier to swallow. About 60…
Tiny Particles Power Chemical Reactions A new material made from carbon nanotubes can generate electricity by scavenging energy from its environment. MIT engineers have discovered…
Professor Nicholas Fang’s startup Boston Micro Fabrication uses a novel light-focusing method to make ultraprecise printers. Whether it’s computer chips, smartphone components, or camera parts,…
For Gabrielle Finear, a senior studying computer science, working on two startup ideas in MIT Sandbox provided hands-on learning to complement her coursework. As senior…
Work on three graphene-based devices may yield new insights into superconductivity. MIT researchers and colleagues have turned a “magic” material composed of atomically thin layers…
In a first, the digital fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity. MIT researchers have created the…
SMART findings allow a new way to control light emitting from materials. Researchers from the Low Energy Electronic Systems (LEES) interdisciplinary research group at the…
In a virtual event, Fincke discussed his time studying at MIT, learning the Russian language, and flying on both Russian and American spacecraft. Life was…
Benton Calhoun SM ’02 PhD ’06 and David Wentzloff SM ’02 PhD ’07 are co-founders of Everactive, which uses wireless sensing to provide continuous remote…
By measuring a person’s movements and poses, smart clothes developed at MIT CSAIL could be used for athletic training, rehabilitation, or health-monitoring for elder-care facilities….
In the U.S. and globally, cultures with a high level of collectivism tend to encourage masking during the pandemic. Around the world and within the…
Simultaneous measurement of neural rhythms and spikes across five brain areas reveals how propofol induces unconsciousness. In a uniquely deep and detailed look at how…
Netra, co-founded by Shashi Kant SM ’06, uses artificial intelligence to help companies sort and manage video content. At any given moment, many thousands of…
A new study shows Twitter users post even more misinformation after other users correct them. So, you thought the problem of false information on social…
Algorithm enables robot teams to complete missions, such as mapping or search-and-rescue, with minimal wasted effort. Sometimes, one robot isn’t enough. Consider a search-and-rescue mission…
Atomically thin materials are a promising alternative to silicon-based transistors; now researchers can connect them more efficiently to other chip elements. Moore’s Law, the famous…