New System Simplifies Excel Programming
Customizing spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel is continuing to get easier and more efficient. Developed by an MIT graduate student and Microsoft researcher, a new system…
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Robot Outperforms Humans in Neuroscience Procedure
Robots may be moving from the assembly line to neurosurgery before you know it. Using a robotic arm guided by a cell-detecting computer algorithm, scientists…
Engineered Nanoparticles Deliver Antibiotics Directly to Bacteria
If an effort to target bacteria that has become increasingly resistant to existing drugs, engineers specializing in nanomedicine and biomaterials have developed a nanoparticle that…
New Technique Predicts How Hydrogels Transform
Hydrogels have been in the marketplace for a long time, offering diverse properties that make them ideal for applications on a number of consumer products….
Thwarting Side-Channel Attacks and Increasing Computer Security
Personal computers and corporate computers have long been susceptible to hackers, but now savvy hackers are using cloud technology to their advantage to steal a…
Cost Effective Sensor Measures Fruits’ Ripeness
In an effort to reduce food loss due to spoilage, MIT researchers developed a new sensor that detects tiny amounts of ethylene, a gas that…
Nanotextures Make Anti-Fogging, Self-Cleaning and Glare-Free Glass
Are you tried of foggy windows on rainy days and glare coming off your TV screen? Scientists at MIT have developed a new process of…
Proteins in Mucus Offer Immune Protection
It turns out that mucus may not be just a messy side effect of colds and sickness. Biological engineers at MIT are exploring the antiviral…
Bismuth-Antimony Material Shares Graphene’s Unusual Properties
Just recently Rice University shared news of their 2-D Boron Nanotubes that have advantages over carbon nanotubes and now scientists at MIT have found another…
Liquid Battery Design Utilizes Heat From Charging and Discharging
Using MIT students as his team, MIT professor Donald Sadoway is set to make his liquid-battery concept a reality. Based on floating layers of high-temperature…
Study Reports Air Pollution Causes Thousands of Premature Deaths Each Year
Anyone that has every taken a bike ride, jogged or walked along a busy street knows how bad the air feels and smells and has…
Understanding Antibiotics and Their Role in Killing Bacteria
Over the years antibiotics have saved many lives, but scientists never fully understood the process of how bacteria were killed, until now. A new study…
Engineered Coating for Implants Reduces the Risk of Complications
As hip and knee replacements become more common, so too does the risk of complications for those patients, including the risk of premature failure. Engineers…
“Hydrate-Phobic” Surfaces Could Improve Deep-Sea Oil Well Safety
As the demand for oil continues to rise, so does the risk of disasters like the Deepwater Horizon spill that took place in the Gulf…
Computer Model Monitors Brain Pressure Without Invasive Drilling
Researchers in MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics have developed a new strategy to help treat and measure brain pressure without the invasive drilling of the…
Chips As Mini Internets: CPU Cores Communicate by Networks Instead of Bus
As the demand for faster computers continues to rise, so does the demand for microchips that will power those computers. While the idea of adding…
Bringing Microfluidics to the Marketplace
Medical technology is moving fast and microfluidics may provide answers to health conditions as easy as a placing a drop of blood on a plastic…
Engineered Capsule that Buckles Under Pressure
Borrowing design ideas from a toy, scientists at MIT and Harvard have developed a new type of engineered capsule, dubbed “buckliball.” This one-piece silicone sphere…
