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Most sensitive web transactions are protected by public-key cryptography, a type of encryption that lets…
Our daily lives include hundreds of routine habits. Brushing our teeth, driving to work, or…
MIT neuroscientists have uncovered a cellular pathway that allows specific synapses to become stronger during…
Animals have evolved all manner of adaptations to get the nutrients they need. For nectar-feeding…
MIT engineers working with scientists in Kuwait have found that volcanic rocks, when pulverized into…
For decades, materials scientists have taken inspiration from the natural world. They’ll identify a biological…
MIT today announced the launch of the MIT Intelligence Quest, an initiative to discover the…
MIT engineers have just introduced an element of fun into microfluidics. The field of microfluidics…
About 1 in 750 babies born in the United States has some kind of craniofacial…
MIT neuroscientists have found evidence that the brain’s ability to control what it’s thinking about…
MIT researchers have devised a miniaturized system that can deliver tiny quantities of medicine to…
A type of virus that dominates water samples taken from the world’s oceans has long…
When it comes to processing power, the human brain just can’t be beaten. Packed within…
A type of battery first invented nearly five decades ago could catapult to the forefront…
MIT researchers have developed hardware that uses electric fields to move droplets of chemical or…
Five new planets have been discovered outside our solar system, all orbiting a sun-like star…
What if you could run your air conditioner not on conventional electricity, but on the…