MIT field experiment from India finds a one-time economic boost helps the very poor fare…
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The rechargeable battery can be woven and washed, and could provide power for fiber-based electronic…
A levitating vehicle might someday explore the moon, asteroids, and other airless planetary surfaces. Aerospace…
A new study shows it’s theoretically possible. The hypothesis could be tested soon with proposed…
Sensor Based on Quantum Physics Could Detect SARS-CoV-2 Virus Mathematical simulations show the new approach…
A new model shows that the more polarized and hyperconnected a social network is, the…
A new way of processing rare-earth and other key metals to separate them from other…
A new fabrication technique produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying…
The discovery, based on an unusual event dubbed “The Cow,” may offer astronomers a new…
Study results also show that pancreatic tumor cells can be forced into a more susceptible…
The MIT spinout has been releasing iconic video games for more than 25 years. Every…
The new machine-learning system can generate a 3D scene from an image about 15,000 times…
Taking Some of the Guesswork Out of Drug Discovery A deep learning model rapidly predicts…
Infection during pregnancy with elevated levels of the cytokine IL-17a may yield microbiome alterations that…
The system could help physicians select the least risky treatments in urgent situations, such as…
Report led by MIT scientists details a suite of privately-funded missions to hunt for life…
A new “common-sense” approach to computer vision enables artificial intelligence that interprets scenes more accurately…
Making Her Way Through MIT Graduate student Lucy Du designs novel prosthetics and seeks to…