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A longstanding interest in radiation’s effects on metals has drawn Michael Short into new areas such as nuclear security and microreactors. Michael Short came to…
A reusable 3D functionalized reduced graphene oxide foam (3D‐FrGOF) is used as an in situ electrolytic deposition electrode to extract uranium from contaminated water. Credit:…
MIT researchers have devised a way to program memories into bacterial cells by rewriting their DNA more efficiently. Credit: MIT News, iStockphoto Technique for editing…
SMART AMR researchers Wei Lin Lee (left), Xiaoqiong Gu (center), and Federica Armas evaluate a 384-well plate set up for variant detection assays. Credit: Photo…
Engineers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a small tabletop device that can detect SARS-CoV-2 from a saliva sample in about an hour. Credit:…
Rendering of SPARC, a compact, high-field, DT burning tokamak, currently under design by a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Commonwealth Fusion Systems.…
Suono Bio, co-founded by MIT alumnus Carl Schoellhammer and two MIT professors, uses ultrasound waves to deliver drugs to the gastrointestinal tract, leveraging research made…
Pictures of the boiling surfaces taken using a scanning electron microscope: Indium tin oxide (top left), copper oxide nanoleaves (top right), zinc oxide nanowires (bottom…
To provide access to genes needed for the encoding and storage of memories, brain cells snap open their DNA, breaking both strands. A new study…
MIT neuroscientists have discovered a key role in memory formation for a region of the thalamus known as the anterodorsal thalamus, shown in red. Neurons…
Righthand Robotics combines machine vision with an intelligent gripper design to offer robots that are more adaptable. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers MIT alumnus-founded RightHand…
Engineers have developed a sweat-proof “electronic skin” — a conformable, sensor-embedded sticky patch that reliably monitors a person’s health, even when a wearer is perspiring.…
Image from a MAYA collaboration numerical relativity simulation of an NSBH binary merger, showing the disruption of the Neutron Star. Credit: Deborah Ferguson (UT Austin),…
Multimodal nanosensors (1) are engineered to target and respond to hallmarks in the tumor microenvironment. The nanosensors provide both a noninvasive urinary monitoring tool (2)…
Waging a Two-Pronged Campaign Against Climate Change With MIGHTR, MIT PhD student W. Robb Stewart aims to speed construction of new nuclear plants to help…
Molten metal. Asegun Henry has a big idea for tackling climate change: Store up the sun. “This is the key, the linchpin that will set…
Former MIT postdoc Jonathan Pelliciari, now an assistant physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, holds onto part of the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) instrument at…
MIT researchers have found a way to achieve high yields of ethanol with different types of cellulosic feedstocks, including switchgrass, wheat straw, and corn stover.…
A team led by MIT researchers has systematically analyzed how varying the surface topography found on silicone breast implants influences the development of health complications…