MIT Engineers Design New 3D Forms of Graphene
A team of engineers at MIT has successfully designed a new 3D material with five percent the density of steel and ten times the strength,…
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MIT Study Predicts Frequency of Heavy Precipitation with Global Warming
Researchers from MIT reveal that extreme precipitation events should become more frequent as the Earth’s climate warms over this century. On December 11, 2014, a…
New Material Provides an Elastic “Second Skin”
A team of researchers has developed a “second skin” polymer that can provide a barrier, cosmetic improvement, and potentially deliver drugs. Scientists at MIT, Massachusetts…
New Technique Reveals Internal Characteristics of Photonic Crystals
Scientists at MIT have developed a new technique that reveals the inner details of photonic crystals, synthetic materials whose exotic optical properties are the subject…
MIT Engineers Create Synthetic Cells to Isolate Genetic Circuits
Engineers from MIT have developed a way to isolate genetic circuits within individual synthetic “cells,” preventing the circuits from disrupting each other. Synthetic biology allows…
MIT Chemists Reveal Bacterial Enzyme That Can Produce Biodegradable Plastics
Researchers at MIT have determined the structure of a bacterial enzyme that can produce biodegradable plastics, an advance that could help chemical engineers tweak the…
New Catalyst Promotes Carbon Dioxide Conversion into Fuels
Scientists at MIT have developed a new catalyst material that provides design principles for producing fuels from carbon dioxide emissions. The findings suggest a route…
Researchers Develop a New Approach Against Pathogens
A newly developed immunization strategy may someday offer an alternative to antibiotics against microbes that invade the gastrointestinal tract. Researchers from MIT and the University…
MIT Develops Nanobionic Plants That Can Detect Explosives
By embedding spinach leaves with carbon nanotubes, engineers transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information to a handheld…
New “Morphing” Wing Could Enable More Efficient Plane Flight
Engineers at MIT and NASA have developed a new kind of bendable, “morphing” wing that could enable more efficient plane manufacturing and flight. When the…
MIT Engineers Design a New Weapon Against Bacteria
An international team of engineers has developed an antimicrobial peptide that can destroy many types of bacteria, including some that are resistant to most antibiotics….
Two-Pronged Immune Response Destroys Tumors
Using a combination of four different therapies, researchers from MIT reveal a new treatment that destroys tumors in mice. Harnessing the body’s own immune system…
Neuroscientists Identify Two Key Groups of Neurons That Help Regulate Appetite
In a newly published study, Scientists from MIT have identified two key groups of neurons within the hypothalamus that help regulate appetite. MIT neuroscientists have…
MIT’s Alcator C-Mod Tokamak Nuclear Fusion Reactor Sets World Record
MIT’s Alcator C-Mod tokamak nuclear fusion reactor set a new world record, achieving over 2 atmospheres of pressure for the first time. On Friday, September…
MIT Physicists Simulate a Magnetar to Seek Dark Matter Particle
Physicists from MIT are proposing a new experiment to detect a dark matter particle called the axion. If successful, the effort could crack one of…
New Beaver-Inspired Wetsuits May Help Keep Surfers Warm
Inspired by semiaquatic mammals such as beavers and sea otters, MIT engineers are fabricating fur-like rubbery hair-lined wetsuits that may help keep surfers warm. Beavers…
MIT Develops Nanosensors That Can Profile Tumors
Engineers at MIT have developed new nanosensors that can profile tumors and may yield insight into how they will respond to certain therapies. MIT researchers…
MIT Researchers Develop a New Way of Managing Memory on Computer Chips
Engineers from MIT have found a new way of managing memory on computer chips, using circuit space much more efficiently and more consistent with existing…
