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Researchers at MIT have created what may be the smallest robots yet that can sense…
The “ghostly particle” is confirmed to have originated from a blazar, nearly 4 billion light…
New study shows that 1–2 percent of Earth’s oldest mantle rocks are made from diamond.…
Since it first exploded into existence 13.8 billion years ago, the universe has been expanding,…
Programming the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells has had promising results for treating…
Nanokirigami has taken off as a field of research in the last few years; the…
Fabrics that resist water are essential for everything from rainwear to military tents, but conventional…
Our brains are famously flexible, or “plastic,” because neurons can do new things by forging…
Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have analyzed data from K2, the follow-up mission to NASA’s…
Researchers at MIT, who last year designed a tiny computer chip tailored to help honeybee-sized…
Have you ever plugged in a vacuum cleaner, only to have it turn off without…
Medical image registration is a common technique that involves overlaying two images, such as magnetic…
These days, many retailers and manufacturers are tracking their products using RFID, or radio-frequency identification…
Bolometers, devices that monitor electromagnetic radiation through heating of an absorbing material, are used by…
MIT engineers have developed a probiotic mix of natural and engineered bacteria to diagnose and…
“Therepi” device attaches directly to damaged heart, enabling delivery of medicine from a port under…
Technology captures water evaporating from cooling towers; prototype to be installed on MIT’s Central Utility…