MIT biologists discovered that a scaffolding protein called TCOF1 is responsible for the formation of a biomolecular condensate called the fibrillar center, which forms within…
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Researchers hypothesize that a powerful type of AI model known as a transformer could be implemented in the brain through networks of neuron and astrocyte…
Professor Yuriy Román-Leshkov and collaborators have demonstrated a new way to produce a critical component of aviation fuel from lignin, a plant material that’s generally…
MIT’s breakthrough underwater communication system uses minimal power to transmit signals over kilometer-scale distances. Leveraging underwater backscatter and innovative design principles, the technology has potential…
New work being undertaken by MIT’s Cristina Rea and her co-investigators seeks to accelerate the progress of fusion science and make fusion energy a reality…
MIT researchers used kirigami, the art of Japanese paper cutting and folding, to develop ultrastrong, lightweight materials that have tunable mechanical properties, like stiffness and…
MIT researchers introduce Lightning, a reconfigurable photonic-electronic smartNIC that serves real-time deep neural network inference requests at 100 Gbps. Credit: Alex Shipps/MIT CSAIL via Midjourney…
Introducing additives to concrete manufacturing processes could reduce the sizeable carbon footprint of the material without altering its bulk mechanical properties, an MIT study shows.…
MIT astronomers mapped the “disk winds” associated with the accretion disk around Hercules X-1, a system in which a neutron star is drawing material away…
MIT researchers have developed Robust MADER, an updated multiagent trajectory-planner system that helps prevent drone collisions by generating collision-free trajectories even when communications between drones…
This illustration shows a glowing stream of material from a star as it is being devoured by a supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption…
Diagram illustrates the way two laser beams of slightly different wavelengths can affect the electric fields surrounding an atomic nucleus, pushing against this field in…
This ingestible sensor whose location can be monitored as it moves through the digestive tract, is an advance that could help doctors more easily diagnose…
An MIT study finds that smoke particles in the stratosphere can trigger chemical reactions that erode the ozone layer — and that smoke particles from…
An augmented reality headset combines computer vision and wireless perception to automatically locate a specific item that is hidden from view, perhaps inside a box…
Researchers have found an effective new method for removing carbon dioxide from the ocean. It could be implemented by ships that would process seawater as…
MIT engineers are hoping to help doctors tailor treatments to patients’ specific heart form and function, with a custom robotic heart. The team has developed…
Illustration of an instrument for tensile testing of soft biological tissues that is based on the interaction between an electromagnet and a ferromagnetic bead. A…
MIT physicists have found a new way to switch superconductivity on and off in magic-angle graphene. This figure shows a device with two graphene layers…