Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles to Target Genes that Promote Tumor Growth
Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have created biodegradable nanoparticles made from stands of DNA and RNA that can deliver snippets of RNA directly…
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Experimental Validation on How Populations Collapse
Working with populations of yeast growing in test tubes, researchers at MIT published the first experimental validation of the theory that populations suffering a decline…
LiquiGlide Prevents Waste and Increases Recycling Rates
For anyone that has suffered through the agonizing task of squeezing out those last few drops from the condiment jar, your troubles may soon be…
A Simple Cooler May Help Battle Drug-Resistant TB Strains
A Vodaphone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project award winner may now help in the fight against multidrug-resistant strains of tuberculosis. CoolComply, a modified soft-drink cooler,…
Computerized System Recognizes Smiles of Delight and Frustration
Engineers at MIT have created a computer program that can differentiate smiles of delight and frustration in human faces. Their goal is to help people…
Crowding Causes Internal Cell Structure Alignment
By mimicking the crowded environment in actual cells, a team of researchers found that certain molecules organize as they would in the body, inducing a…
Needleless Device Jet-Injects Drugs at the Speed of Sound
By using a design that incorporates a small, powerful magnet surrounded by a coil of wire that’s attached to a piston inside a drug ampoule,…
Stiffer Pavements Could Reduce Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions
A team of engineers used mathematical modeling to look at the effect of pavement deflection on vehicle fuel consumption across the entire U.S. road network,…
Mathematical Framework Formalizes Loop Perforation Technique
As computer scientists continue to look for ways to enhance performance, Martin Rinard and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory hope their technique of loop perforation, the…
Ceramic Membranes May Reduce CO2 Emissions
Scientists believe “carbon-capture” technology may significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy sources such as coal and natural gas. They are evaluating a system that…
Newfound Exoplanet is Slowly Disintegrating
According to calculations, an exoplanet similar in size to Mercury and roughly 1,500 light years away, is slowly disintegrating and leaving behind a trail of…
Calculating the Total Capacity of a Data Network
In a two-part paper, a team of scientists from MIT, Caltech and University of Technology in Munich examined network coding and ways to both minimize…
MIT Study Measures the Effects of Low Doses of Radiation on DNA
While exposure to low-dose-rate radiation from cosmic radiation and natural radioactive isotopes in the environment is part of everyday life, a new study from MIT…
Staggered Delivery of Cancer Drugs Increases Cancer Cell Death
A new study from MIT shows that staggering the delivery of cancer drugs is far more effective than administering them at the same time. The…
Balancing Between Life and Research
Focusing on balance between her family, religion and work with carbon nanomaterials, Jing Kong has found a home at MIT and has pioneered a new…
Revealing Data from Super-Earth 55 Cancri e
Sitting 40 million light-years away, researchers were able to gain a better understand of 55 Cancri e and its environment. Using observations from NASA’s Spitzer…
New System Simplifies Excel Programming
Customizing spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel is continuing to get easier and more efficient. Developed by an MIT graduate student and Microsoft researcher, a new system…
Robot Outperforms Humans in Neuroscience Procedure
Robots may to be moving from the assembly line to neurosurgery before you know it. Using a robotic arm guided by a cell-detecting computer algorithm,…