Media Coverage

Popular Science reporter Sara Chodosh spotlights a new oral contraceptive capsule developed by researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital that would only need to be taken once a month. Chodosh notes that, “ultimately, this new device could help people worldwide.”

Writing for Forbes, Ethan Siegel highlights how MIT researchers have developed a new instrument that has improved LIGO’s ability to detect gravitational waves. Siegel explains that the new instrument offers “greater potential for discovering unknown sources of gravitational waves.”

A new instrument device developed by MIT researchers improves the detection of gravitational waves by squeezing the vacuum of spacetime, reports Ryan Mandelbaum for Gizmodo. “The method enables us to increase the distance in the universe at which we can detect gravitational waves,” explains principal research scientist Lisa Barsotti.

Boston Globe reporter Martin Finucane writes that MIT researchers have built a new instrument that has increased the number of gravitational waves LIGO can detect. “With an accompanying increase in the power of the lasers used, the detectors have extended their range to more than 400 million light years, allowing it to detect about one wave a week,” Finucane explains.

MIT researchers have created a star-shaped capsule that could be used to deliver monthly doses of contraceptive drugs, reports Eric Cheung for CNN. “The capsule is coated with gelatin that can remain in the stomach for weeks after being swallowed,” Cheung explains.