Using a technique that relies on a new type of light-sensitive protein, researchers have devised…
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By installing capacitors, MIT engineers reveal a new method for guaranteeing the stability of any…
New research from engineers at MIT shows that reconstituted silk can be several times stronger…
Researchers at MIT have developed a condensation-based method that could create stable nanoscale emulsions. The…
Researchers have developed sensors that can be printed onto plant leaves and reveal when the…
Engineers at MIT have developed a new material that can be repeatedly stretched and flexed…
Using a new artificial-intelligence system that would pore through research papers to deduce “recipes” for…
A new MIT computer system speeds computations involving “sparse tensors,” multidimensional data arrays that consist…
In a newly published paper, MIT researchers describe a new device for producing nanofiber meshes,…
A newly published study reveals that cities can lower urban emissions most effectively by using…
Researchers, working closely with amateur astronomers, have spotted the dusty tails of six exocomets —…
A new smartphone app analyzes a car’s sounds and vibrations, letting you know if your…
By adding bits of irradiated plastic water bottles to concrete, MIT engineers take plastic out…
According to MIT neuroscientists, the existence of “silent engrams” suggests that existing models of memory…
Researchers from MIT have designed a light-emitter and detector that can be integrated into silicon…
MIT researchers have developed a synthetic gene circuit that triggers the body’s immune system to…
Scientists at MIT have developed a new way to harness wasted methane that could help…
Figuring out how to pedal a bike and memorizing the rules of chess require two…