Distinguishing truth in communications
With a new National Science Foundation grant, Justin Reich and collaborators will apply information literacy research to communities outside the formal education system.
A robot that finds lost items
This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items, even if they are buried under a pile.
Zeroing in on the origins of Earth’s “single most important evolutionary innovation”
A new study shows oxygenic photosynthesis likely evolved between 3.4 and 2.9 billion years ago.
SpectrumX collective launches the first NSF Spectrum Innovation Initiative Center
MIT Haystack Observatory will be part of the new radio spectrum management and coordination center.
Researchers find a new way to control magnets
Reversible system can flip the magnetic orientation of particles with a small voltage; could lead to faster data storage and smaller sensors.
Study: As a population gets older, automation accelerates
Economists find companies’ adoption of robots is partly due to shortages in middle-aged labor.
Engineers create 3D-printed objects that sense how a user is interacting with them
Advance incorporates sensing directly into an object’s material, with applications for assistive technology and “intelligent” furniture.
Engineers grow pancreatic “organoids” that mimic the real thing
Studying these organoids could help researchers develop and test new treatments for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest types of cancer.
Making catalytic surfaces more active to help decarbonize fuels and chemicals
A new approach increases the efficiency of chemical reactions that are key to many industrial processes.
Who can bend light for cheaper internet?
ARROW, a reconfigurable fiber optics network developed at MIT, aims to take on the end of Moore’s law.
Drug delivery capsule could replace injections for protein drugs
The new pill can inject large quantities of monoclonal antibodies and other drugs into the lining of the stomach after being swallowed.
Magnets could offer better control of prosthetic limbs
System uses tiny magnetic beads to rapidly measure the position of muscles and relay that information to a bionic prosthesis.
Machine learning discovers new sequences to boost drug delivery
MIT researchers employ machine learning to find powerful peptides that could improve a gene therapy drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Bio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly
A new adhesive that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks may offer a better way to treat traumatic injuries.
New method opens the door to efficient genome writing in bacteria
Technique for editing bacterial genomes can record interactions between cells, may offer a way to edit genes in the human microbiome.