3D-Printed Nozzle System Builds Better Nanofibers
In a newly published paper, MIT researchers describe a new device for producing nanofiber meshes, which matches the production rate and power efficiency of its…
In a newly published paper, MIT researchers describe a new device for producing nanofiber meshes, which matches the production rate and power efficiency of its…
A newly published study reveals that cities can lower urban emissions most effectively by using energy-efficient construction. What are the best ways for U.S. cities…
Researchers, working closely with amateur astronomers, have spotted the dusty tails of six exocomets — comets outside our solar system — orbiting a faint star…
A new smartphone app analyzes a car’s sounds and vibrations, letting you know if your tires need air, spark plugs are bad, or air filter…
By adding bits of irradiated plastic water bottles to concrete, MIT engineers take plastic out of landfills and lower the cement industry’s carbon emissions. Discarded…
According to MIT neuroscientists, the existence of “silent engrams” suggests that existing models of memory formation should be revised. Learning and memory are generally thought…
Researchers from MIT have designed a light-emitter and detector that can be integrated into silicon CMOS chips. The huge increase in computing performance in recent…
MIT researchers have developed a synthetic gene circuit that triggers the body’s immune system to attack cancers when it detects signs of the disease. The…
Scientists at MIT have developed a new way to harness wasted methane that could help curb needless “flaring” of potent greenhouse gas. Methane gas, a…
Figuring out how to pedal a bike and memorizing the rules of chess require two different types of learning, and now for the first time,…
Researchers from MIT used the CMS data to reveal, for the first time, a universal feature within jets of subatomic particles, which are produced when…
New research from MIT shows that mutations in the KEAP1 gene could point the way to treating an aggressive form of lung cancer that is…
Researchers from MIT show that a newly discovered kind of magnetic behavior holds great promise as a way of storing data — one that could…
By cutting off a process that cancerous cells rely, researchers from MIT have identified a possible new strategy for halting brain tumors. MIT biologists have…
A newly published study details how defects in metal oxides may be key to their performance for a variety of high-tech applications. Sometimes things that…
A team of engineers has developed a new microfluidic device uses acoustics to quickly analyze blood for signatures of cancer and other diseases. Cells secrete…
A team of engineers has developed a new approach to ultrafast light pulses that could be used for rapid light-based communications systems. Two-dimensional materials called…
Two new studies from MIT and the University of Massachusetts Medical School reveal that mothers who experience an infection severe enough to require hospitalization during…