A simulation system invented at MIT to train driverless cars creates a photorealistic world with infinite steering possibilities, helping the cars learn to navigate a…
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From developing vaccines to helping governments keep communities informed, a number of companies with MIT ties are working to address problems brought on by the…
This visualization shows the Gulf Stream’s sea surface currents and temperatures. Credit: MIT/JPL project entitled Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II…
New technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer,…
MIT chemists have designed a peptide that can bind to part of the coronavirus spike protein, which they hope may prevent the virus from being…
Terahertz waves are pervasive in our daily lives, and if harnessed, their concentrated power could potentially serve as an alternate energy source. Imagine, for instance,…
The new device fits around an Ambu bag (blue), which hospitals already have on hand in abundance. Designed to be squeezed by hand, instead they…
MIT joins a consortium of supercomputing resources to help speed the search for Covid-19 solutions. Credit: CDC, MIT News, SciTechDaily The White House has announced…
Ocean Currents. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Growth of an Organism Rides on a Pattern of Waves Study shows ripples across a…
The 2019 ozone hole reached its peak extent of 6.3 million square miles (16. 4 million square kilometers) on September 8. Abnormal weather patterns in…
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient, emerging from the surface of cells…
Market concentration in the form of “superstar” firms has been lowering labor’s share of GDP in recent decades, a new study finds. It’s one of…
MIT neuroscientists have identified a “landmark code” that helps the brain navigate our surroundings. Credit: Christine Daniloff, MIT Neuroscientists discover how a key brain region…
An artist’s impression of the star with its tidally locked red dwarf companion. Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz (IAC) A star that pulses on just one…
Architect’s rendering shows the new mass-timber residential building that will soon begin construction in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. Credit: Generate Architecture and Technologies A five-story mixed-use…
A new study co-authored by MIT Professor David Rand shows that labeling some news stories as false makes all other news stories seem more legitimate…
Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard microscopes to visualize difficult-to-image biological organisms. Credit: Felice Frankel Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard…
Beams of circularly polarized light (shown as blue spirals) can have two different mirror-image orientations, as shown here. When these beams strike a sheet of…
MIT graduate student Emily Hanhauser demonstrates a new device that may simplify the logistics of water monitoring for trace metal contaminants, particularly in resource-constrained regions.…
Matthew Shoulders. Credit: Gretchen Ertl Matt Shoulders investigates how proteins assume their shape and hopes to shed light on diseases linked to flawed protein folding.…