3 Questions: MIT goes interstellar with Voyager 2
MIT Kavli's John Richardson describes MIT's role in the historic passing of the Voyager 2 craft past the heliopause and into the interstellar medium.
MIT Kavli's John Richardson describes MIT's role in the historic passing of the Voyager 2 craft past the heliopause and into the interstellar medium.
High-power, tunable design could be used for chemical detection in outer space, medical imaging, more.
Two new MIT reports advance practical emissions-reduction strategies for Southeast Asia and Latin America at both the regional and country level.
Process that modifies semiconductor material atom by atom could enable higher-performance electronics.
“A diet or treatment of the microbiome may lead to increased diversity, but that does not mean it's better or healthier for you,” says the engineering professor.
Altered peptides from a South American wasp’s venom can kill bacteria but are nontoxic to human cells.
Merging different types of location-stamped data can make it easier to discern users’ identities, even when the data is anonymized.
Using new “quantum emulator,” physicists can observe individual atoms moving through these materials, and measure their speed.
Method can be used to quickly characterize any soft, rapidly changing substance, such as clotting blood or drying cement.
Design for system that provides solar- or wind-generated power on demand should be cheaper than other leading options.
Studies of how photoprotection works at the molecular level may provide a pathway to more biomass and crops.
The observatories are also releasing their first catalog of gravitational-wave events.
Chemists discover an unexpected synergy between two types of cancer drugs.
A new study linking RNA processing to DNA repair may open new avenues to cancer therapy.
The civil and environmental engineering PhD student investigates the effects of climate change in the Midwest.