“Nanofiber yarn” makes for stretchy, protective artificial tissue Twisted fibers coated with living cells could assist healing of injured muscles and tendons. April 23, 2019 Read full story →
TESS discovers its first Earth-sized planet Orbiting a nearby star, the new planet is the smallest identified so far by the TESS mission. April 16, 2019 Read full story →
Earliest life may have arisen in ponds, not oceans Study finds shallow bodies of water were probably more suitable for Earth’s first life forms. April 12, 2019 Read full story →
Working together as a “virtual telescope,” observatories around the world produce first direct images of a black hole Images reveal supermassive black hole at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy. April 10, 2019 Read full story →
Researchers tune material’s color and thermal properties separately Polymers could be designed to reflect or trap heat, regardless of hue. April 2, 2019 Read full story →
3 Questions: Lisa Barsotti on the new and improved LIGO “If we are very lucky, we might observe something new … or maybe even something totally unexpected.” April 1, 2019 Read full story →
Dark matter experiment finds no evidence of axions In its first run, ABRACADABRA detects no signal of the hypothetical dark matter particle within a specific mass range. March 29, 2019 Read full story →
MIT receives $30 million to help address energy challenges in Egypt Award from USAID will support research collaborations through new Center of Excellence in Energy at Ain Shams University in Cairo. March 27, 2019 Read full story →
Ken Kamrin seeks fundamental behaviors in sand Mechanical engineering professor’s models of granular flow shed light on agriculture, soils, and geology. March 27, 2019 Read full story →
MIT celebrates 50th anniversary of historic moon landing Symposium featuring former astronauts and other Apollo mission luminaries examines the program’s legacy. March 15, 2019 Read full story →
Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth’s ice ages, study finds Major tectonic collisions near the equator have caused three ice ages in the last 540 million years. March 14, 2019 Read full story →
Exotic “second sound” phenomenon observed in pencil lead At relatively balmy temperatures, heat behaves like sound when moving through graphite, study reports. March 14, 2019 Read full story →
Microgravity research after the International Space Station Researchers say new facilities in space should be available to scientists from any country. March 12, 2019 Read full story →
Mini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip Robot’s lightweight, high-power design is the perfect platform to share and play, developers say. March 4, 2019 Read full story →
Engineers make clear droplets produce iridescent colors Optical effect could be harnessed for light displays, litmus tests, and makeup products. February 27, 2019 Read full story →