Tiny, battery-free ID chip can authenticate nearly any product to help protect the supply chain. To combat supply chain counterfeiting, which can cost companies billions…
Mobile voting application could allow hackers to alter individual votes and may pose privacy issues for users. In recent years, there has been a growing…
MIT engineers devise a decision map to identify the best mission type to deflect an incoming asteroid. On April 13, 2029, an icy chunk of…
A new study suggests a path to correcting the “jitters” in quantum devices, which may help make quantum computers and sensors more practical. Labs around…
Study finds Earth’s oceans contain just the right amount of iron; adding more may not improve their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. Historically, the oceans…
Design combines a common diaper material with RFID technology. For some infants, a wet diaper is cause for an instant, vociferous demand to be changed,…
A tilted orbit may explain the asteroid Pallas’ highly cratered surface. Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes, and now astronomers at MIT and elsewhere…
To slow an epidemic, focus on handwashing: Improving the rate of handwashing at just 10 major airports could significantly slow the spread of a viral…
Simple, solar-powered water desalination system achieves new level of efficiency in harnessing sunlight to make fresh potable water from seawater. A completely passive solar-powered desalination…
Engineers mix and match materials to make new stretchy electronics: Next-generation devices made with new “peel and stack” method may include electronic chips worn on…
Findings could help researchers design drugs to treat influenza B infections. A team of MIT chemists has discovered the structure of a key influenza protein,…
An MIT team has devised a lithium metal anode that could improve the longevity and energy density of future batteries. New research by engineers at…
Engineers design bionic ‘heart’ for testing prosthetic valves, other cardiac devices. As the geriatric population is expected to balloon in the coming decade, so too…
Solar panel costs have dropped lately, but slimming down silicon wafers could lead to even lower costs and faster industry expansion. Costs of solar panels…
U.S. elections have become more “unstable,” sometimes swinging in the opposite direction from the greater electorate’s preferences. It may seem surprising, but theories and formulas…
New light-sensitive material could eliminate some of the endoscopic procedures needed to remove gastrointestinal devices. A variety of medical devices can be inserted into the…
A new method determines whether circuits are accurately executing complex operations that classical computers can’t tackle. In a step toward practical quantum computing, researchers from…
A New Approach to Making Airplane Parts, Minus the Massive Infrastructure A modern airplane’s fuselage is made from multiple sheets of different composite materials, like…