New energy source for future medical implants: sugar
Implantable fuel cell built at MIT could power neural prosthetics that help patients regain control of limbs.
Robotic assistants may adapt to humans in the factory
New algorithm allows robots and humans to work side by side.
How infection can lead to cancer
New MIT study offers comprehensive look at chemical and genetic changes that occur as inflammation progresses to cancer.
Teaching self-assembling structures a new trick
MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices.
Portugal’s foreign minister emphasizes commitment to ‘stability’ in Europe
In MIT talk, Portas underscores country’s intent to stay the course.
System improves automated monitoring of security cameras
New approach uses mathematics to reach a compromise between accuracy, speed.
Researchers achieve RNA interference, in a lighter package
Pared-down nucleic acid nanoparticle poses less risk of side effects, offers better targeting.
Dresselhaus, Graybiel, Luu receive 2012 Kavli Prizes
Biennial prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience include a $1 million cash award in each field.
MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing ‘big data’
An Intel research center based at MIT will be the cornerstone of a new research project dubbed ‘bigdata@CSAIL.’
Mechanical engineering’s condiment-bottle coating gives waste the slip
MIT $100K competition runner-up LiquiGlide developed out of Varanasi group
In the World: MIT-designed cooler preserves tuberculosis drugs, records doses
A simple cooler could help patients battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.
Crowding causes cells to produce an orderly matrix of molecules
Making proteins stand in line could lead to more lifelike lab tests.