To self-drive in the snow, look under the road
Weather’s a problem for autonomous cars. MIT’s new system shows promise by using “ground-penetrating radar” instead of cameras or lasers.
Weather’s a problem for autonomous cars. MIT’s new system shows promise by using “ground-penetrating radar” instead of cameras or lasers.
Study identifies a transition in the strong nuclear force that illuminates the structure of a neutron star’s core.
Method with polarized light can create and measure nonsymmetrical states in a layered material.
System ensures hackers eavesdropping on large networks can’t find out who’s communicating and when they’re doing so.
Aerogels for solar devices and windows are more transparent than glass.
Whisk-shaped device absorbs trace contaminants, preserves them in dry state that can be shipped to labs for analysis.
Most materials have a fixed ability to conduct heat, but applying voltage to this thin film changes its thermal properties drastically.
The MIT Libraries and three universities negotiate innovative agreement with the Association for Computing Machinery.
Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard microscopes to visualize difficult-to-image biological organisms.
Matt Shoulders hopes to shed light on diseases linked to flawed protein folding.
Study shows people prefer monthly payments in multiples of $100, even when it may cost them money.
A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Tiny, battery-free ID chip can authenticate nearly any product to help combat losses to counterfeiting.
Study finds microbes can alter an environment dramatically before dying out.
MIT engineers devise a decision map to identify the best mission type to deflect an incoming asteroid.