An easier way to remove medical devices
Metal stents or staples that disintegrate on demand inside the body could eliminate some surgical and endoscopic procedures.
UpNano joins MIT.nano Consortium
Provider of ultra-high resolution 3D printing becomes sustaining member of industry group.
Professor Emeritus Louis Braida, speech and hearing scientist and hearing aid innovator, dies at 79
Valued mentor was known for research in intensity perception, hearing-impairment characterization, and aids for the deaf.
MIT engineers develop a low-cost terahertz camera
The device provides greater sensitivity and speed than previous versions, and could be used for industrial inspection, airport security, and communications.
New materials could enable longer-lasting implantable batteries
Pacemakers and other medical devices, as well as long-distance drones and remote sensors, could require fewer battery replacements with new approach.
Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds
Up to one-third of the carbon consumed by Prochlorococcus may come from sources other than photosynthesis.
Can your phone tell if a bridge is in good shape?
A new study suggests mobile data collected while traveling over bridges could help evaluate their integrity.
In machine learning, synthetic data can offer real performance improvements
Models trained on synthetic data can be more accurate than other models in some cases, which could eliminate some privacy, copyright, and ethical concerns from using real data.
Nanosensors target enzymes to monitor and study cancer
By analyzing enzyme activity at the organism, tissue, and cellular scales, new sensors could provide new tools to clinicians and cancer researchers.
Methane research takes on new urgency at MIT
Desiree Plata's research focuses on developing technologies and strategies for environmental sustainability.
A new control system for synthetic genes
Researchers have developed a technique that could help fine-tune the production of monoclonal antibodies and other useful proteins.
Machine learning facilitates “turbulence tracking” in fusion reactors
A new approach sheds light on the behavior of turbulent structures that can affect the energy generated during fusion reactions, with implications for reactor design.
Using sound to model the world
This machine-learning system can simulate how a listener would hear a sound from any point in a room.
Ashton Carter, former U.S. secretary of defense who served in leadership roles at the MIT Corporation and Lincoln Laboratory, dies at 68
A trained theoretical physicist, Carter devoted his wide-ranging knowledge to government service.
A better way to tell which species are vulnerable
New analysis takes account of natural fluctuations and predictability to assess which parts of an ecosystem are most threatened by climate change and other disruptions.