Researchers have used silk derived from ordinary silkworm cocoons, like those seen here, mixed with bacteria and nutrients, to make a coating for seeds that…
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Joao Ramos (center), co-inventor of HERMES (left), and Little HERMES (right). Credit: Tony Pulsone New control system may enable humanoid robots to do heavy lifting…
A new shoebox-sized laser produces terahertz waves (green squiggles) by using a special infrared laser (red) to rotate molecules of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas,…
MIT engineers have developed a way to encapsulate nutrients in a biocompatible polymer, making it easier to use them to fortify foods. Credit: Second Bay…
A new type of polymer designed by MIT chemists incorporates a special monomer (yellow) that helps the polymers to break down more easily under certain…
An artist’s impression of a light-induced charge density wave (CDW). The wavy mesh represents distortions of the material’s lattice structure caused by the formation of…
The new “growing robot” can be programmed to grow, or extend, in different directions, based on the sequence of chain units that are locked and…
“The major research directions and technology platforms that [my] lab is known for today came out of this process where the students or I had…
For last-mile delivery, robots of the future may use a new MIT algorithm to find the front door, using clues in their environment. Navigation method…
In the photo on the left, a disk of the new insulating material blocks and reflects visible light, hiding the MIT logo beneath it. But…
Mechanical science and engineering professor João Ramos developed a human-operated robot, named Little Hermes, which relies on human reflexes to remain upright during locomotion. Credit:…
NASA’s official mission patch for the upcoming space biofilms experiment, developed at MIT and the University of Colorado, which is scheduled to be sent to…
One modular robotic cube snaps into place with the rest of the M-blocks. Credit: Jason Dorfman/MIT CSAIL Developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence…
MIT engineers have developed a system for autonomous vehicles that senses tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object…
Modeling web traffic could aid cybersecurity, computing infrastructure design, Internet policy, and more. Using a supercomputing system, MIT researchers have developed a model that captures…
In this diagram of the new system, air entering from top right passes to one of two chambers (the gray rectangular structures) containing battery electrodes…
MIT neuroscientists have identified two brain circuits that help tune out distracting sensory information. Credit: MIT News Findings in mice suggest targeting certain brain circuits…
A key to compiling the novel Omnipush dataset was building modular objects (pictured) that enabled the robotic system to capture a vast diversity of pushing…
The Getz Ice Shelf in West Antarctica photographed from a NASA research airplane by Jeremy Harbeck, a sea ice scientist at NASA Goddard. The image…
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the polymer network that makes up mucins. Credit: Katharina Ribbeck Specialized sugar molecules called glycans can disarm opportunistic…