Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for the first time
Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.
Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.
Study demonstrates the power of low-cost air quality sensors during volcanic eruption.
The design could lead to conformable wearable monitors to track skin cancer and other conditions.
Study suggests a common mechanism underlies some behavioral traits seen in autism and schizophrenia.
Graduate student Ellen Zhong helped biologists and mathematicians reach across departmental lines to address a longstanding problem in electron microscopy.
How 3D-printed models of neuronal axons could accelerate development of new therapies to treat neurodegenerative disorders.
In a 3Q, Salvatore Vitale describes how gravitational-wave signals suggest black holes completely devoured their companion neutron stars.
The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats.
By making the microbes more tolerant to toxic byproducts, researchers show they can use a wider range of feedstocks, beyond corn.
As “visual recognition memory” emerges in the visual cortex, one circuit of inhibitory neurons supplants another, and slower neural oscillations prevail.
Alumni of the MIT New Engineering Education Transformation Program (NEET) worked together remotely from across the globe to design thinking machines.
The new carbon-based material could be a basis for lighter, tougher alternatives to Kevlar and steel.
Principal Research Scientist Abhay Ram circles back to his graduate school studies for a new initiative combining classical physics and quantum computing.
SMART researchers explore the potential of e-scooter sharing as a replacement for short-distance transit in Singapore.
First experimental evidence of spin excitations in an atomically thin material helps answer 30-year-old questions, could lead to better medical diagnostics and more.