3-D Image Shows How DNA Packs Itself into a “Fractal Globule”
A new imaging technique is giving scientists their first three-dimensional view of the human genome and how DNA is packed inside cells. Research has shown…
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A New Fiber Opens the Possibility of 3-D Displays Woven from Flexible Fibers
A team of scientists at MIT have developed a new light source from a fiber roughly as thick as a human hair. The fiber has…
New Metamaterial Design Extremely Efficient at Capturing Light
Based on computer simulations, new research shows that a new metamaterial design is able to absorb a wide range of light with extremely high efficiency….
Software Simulator Can Provide “Cycle-Accurate” Simulation of a Chip with 1,000 Cores
As manufacturers continue to increase their chip performance by increasing the number of cores they contain, the risk of failure and faulty design issues also…
Software Predicts Optimal Path for Automated Underwater Vehicles
By using a mathematical procedure developed by a team of engineers at MIT, new software can optimize path planning for automated underwater vehicles (AUVs), even…
Researchers Detect All Phases of Thermonuclear Burning in a Neutron Star
A team of researchers has detected all phases of thermonuclear burning in a neutron star located close to the center of the galaxy in the…
Researchers Designing Autonomous Robots for Skyscraper Repairs
Researchers at Cornell University are designing robots that can autonomously traverse and manipulate a 3-D truss structure by using specially designed gears and joints to…
Researchers Use Microfluidic Device to Monitor Sickle Cell Disease
By measuring how well blood samples flow through a microfluidic device, researchers at Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have…
Inhibiting HDAC2 Can Reverse Alzheimer’s Symptoms in Mice
Researchers were able to reverse Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice by blocking the enzyme known as HDAC2. With the number of worldwide Alzheimer’s victims expected to…
New Research Shows Southern Ocean as a Powerful Influence on Climate Change
Researchers at MIT and Florida State University found evidence that the missing piece in the model of world’s oceans circulation of heat, water and carbon…
New Approach to MEMS Design that Enables Engineers to Design 3-D Configurations
Researchers at MIT developed a MEMS device that enables 3-D sensing on a single chip by using a new design approach. Their new design method…
Researchers Develop New RNA Interference Method
Researchers have developed a new delivery vehicle in which RNA is packed into microspheres so dense that they withstand degradation until they reach their destinations….
Researchers Use Computer Simulations to Explain Acceleration of Electrons in Earth’s Magnetotail
Researchers at MIT used new data from computer simulations to prove their initially proposed theory explaining the large-scale acceleration of electrons in Earth’s magnetotail. The…
Researchers Design Cell-Sorting Microchip
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MIT have designed a compact cell sorter that requires no additional parts or steps. Their cell-sorting microchip takes…
Researchers Work on Nanopatterned Surfaces to Improve Efficiency of Power Plants
A MIT research team published new findings on their analysis of condensation mechanisms. By using nanopatterned surfaces, the researcher offers new insights into how the…
Microfluidic Device Can Isolate Target Cells Faster than Existing Devices
Researchers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have demonstrated a new microfluidic device that can isolate target cells much faster than existing devices and may…
Researchers Control Width and Composition of Nanowire Growth
A team of MIT researchers developed a way to precisely control the width and composition of nanowires as they grow. By being able to grow…
Researchers Detect Tellurium in Ancient Stars
Using data obtained from the Hubble Space Telescope’s spectrograph, a team of researchers from MIT and various institutions have detected tellurium for the first time…
