Conductive Gels That Stick When Wet for Better Biomedical Sensors and Implants
A new way of making polymers adhere to surfaces may enable better biomedical sensors and implants. Polymers that are good conductors of electricity could be…
A new way of making polymers adhere to surfaces may enable better biomedical sensors and implants. Polymers that are good conductors of electricity could be…
Technique may enable molecule-based quantum computing. For years, scientists have looked for ways to cool molecules down to ultracold temperatures, at which point the molecules…
Many of the most challenging optimization problems encountered in various disciplines of science and engineering, from biology and drug discovery [1] to routing and scheduling…
Physicists’ discovery could lead to a new family of robust qubits for quantum computing. Physicists at MIT and elsewhere have observed evidence of Majorana fermions…
DNA-based self-assembling system sheds light on processes essential for semiconductors and nanotechnology. The process of crystallization, in which atoms or molecules line up in orderly…
The existence of a magnetic field beyond 3.5 billion years ago is still up for debate. Microscopic minerals excavated from an ancient outcrop of Jack…
Using a photorealistic simulation engine, vehicles learn to drive in the real world and recover from near-crash scenarios. A simulation system invented at MIT to…
A variety of companies with MIT ties are working to address aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. As the world grapples with the public health crises…
Staring into the vortex: MIT scientists describe factors governing how oceans and atmospheres move heat around on Earth and other planetary bodies. Imagine a massive…
Spanish conquerors depended on indigenous expertise to keep up their munitions supplies, archaeologists have discovered. When Spanish invaders arrived in the Americas, they were generally…
Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices. The brain is one of our most vulnerable organs, as soft as the softest…
MIT chemists are testing a protein fragment that may inhibit coronaviruses’ ability to enter human lung cells. The research described in this article has been…
Device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, other portable electronics. Any device that sends out a Wi-Fi signal also emits terahertz waves…
Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages. One of the most…
Neural Networks Facilitate Optimization in the Search for New Materials Sorting through millions of possibilities, a search for battery materials delivered results in five weeks…
The White House has announced the launch of the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, a collaboration among various industry, government, and academic institutions which will…
Towards an Unhackable Quantum Internet with Harvard and MIT A quantum internet could be used to send unhackable messages, improve the accuracy of GPS, and…
Growth of an Organism Rides on a Pattern of Waves Study shows ripples across a newly fertilized egg are similar to other systems, from ocean…