Using a technique based on electron-beam lithography and a lift-off process, MIT scientists demonstrated the first semiconductor nanocrystal films of nanoscale dimensions that are electrically…
A team of MIT engineers have developed a new propulsion system that uses microscopic tips that, when stimulated with voltage, emit tiny beams of ions,…
In a recently published study, MIT scientists show that implanted cells’ therapeutic properties depend on their shape, which is determined by the type of scaffold…
Using RNA-delivering nanoparticles that allow for rapid screening of new drug targets in mice, MIT researchers in collaboration with researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and…
MIT researchers believe engineers may be able design new bio-inspired materials by compiling and analyzing data on the microstructures of a number of different plants….
Modeled after an earthworm, Meshworm is a soft autonomous robot that moves via peristalsis, crawling across surfaces by contracting segments of its body. Earthworms creep…
A newly published study from MIT researchers details how the behavior of graphene can be drastically different when sheets of graphene are placed on substrates…
In an effort to better understand the function of inhibitory neurons in the brain and their role in neurological disorders, MIT neuroscientists developed a new…
A new study from MIT looks at what happens when the SIRT1 protein is missing from adipose tissue in mice, finding that SIRT1 protects from…
A new study from scientists at MIT examined how temperature increases affect economic growth in developing nations, finding that for every 1-degree-Celsius increase, over the…
Using a microfluidic system for simultaneously measuring single-cell mass and cell cycle progression over multiple generations, a team of researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical…
A new study from MIT and Boston University scientists describes a new method of using zinc fingers to design transcription factors for nonbacterial cells and…
In an effort to improve image-processing software, a team of researchers developed a new programming language called Halide, which is easier to read, write and…
Using an initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) process, a team of scientists at MIT has discovered a way to create wrinkled surfaces while having the…
Using a technique based on electromagnetically induced transparency, MIT and Harvard scientists have achieved the ability to convert a laser beam into a stream of…
A newly published study from scientists at MIT describes their discovery of a bacterial gene that may explain the sudden influx of methane-eating bacteria at…
Scientists have discovered the first exoplanetary system with regularly aligned orbits similar to those in our solar system. Located at the center of this system…
By focusing on the initial days of an epidemic and determining how likely the largest U.S. airports are to influence the spread of a contagious…
