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“In sensing applications, you instead want a very carefully shaped hole in your net to let through the specific signal you’re looking for." says David Layden, PhD student in nuclear science and engineering.

Honing quantum sensing

PhD student David Layden in the Quantum Engineering Group has a new approach to spatial noise filtering that boosts development of ultra-sensitive quantum sensors.

September 25, 2018

A sample of nearly pure copper is deposited on an iron electrode after extraction through an electrochemical process developed by researchers in the lab of MIT Associate Professor Antoine Allanore.

Developing new ways to advance copper production

U.S. Department of Energy grant will support the Allanore lab's advancement of copper production from sulfur-based minerals.

September 25, 2018

Since the 1950s, scientists have observed a surprisingly straightforward, linear relationship between the Earth’s surface temperature and its outgoing heat.

How Earth sheds heat into space

New insights into the role of water vapor may help researchers predict how the planet will respond to warming.

September 24, 2018

The MIT.nano building, at the center of campus adjacent to the Great Dome, has expansive glass facades that allow natural light into the labs while giving visitors a clear view of the research in action.

A big new home for the ultrasmall

MIT.nano building, the largest of its kind, will usher in a new age of nanoscale advancements.

September 23, 2018

This scanning electron microscope image shows the carbon cathode of a carbon-dioxide-based battery made by MIT researchers, after the battery was discharged. It shows the buildup of carbon compounds on the surface, composed of carbonate material that could be derived from power plant emissions, compared to the original pristine surface (inset).

New battery gobbles up carbon dioxide

Lithium-based battery could make use of greenhouse gas before it ever gets into the atmosphere.

September 21, 2018

A new MIT study reports that in Europe 10 major auto manufacturers produced diesel cars, sold between 2000 and 2015, that generate up to 16 times more emissions on the road than in regulatory tests — a level that exceeds European limits but does not violate any EU laws.

Study: Emissions from most diesel cars in Europe greatly exceed laboratory testing levels

Real-world driving produces up to 16 times more emissions, causing 2,700 premature deaths across the EU, researchers estimate.

September 21, 2018

MIT researchers have developed an automated chemical synthesis system that can take over many of the more tedious aspects of chemical experimentation, freeing up chemists to spend more time on the more analytical and creative aspects of their research.

Plug-and-play technology automates chemical synthesis

System makes it easier to produce new molecules for myriad applications.

September 20, 2018

Martin Schrimpf

Recognizing the partially seen

Advances in computer vision inspired by human physiological and anatomical constraints are improving pattern completion in machines.

September 20, 2018

Jehangir Amjad's project merges his passion for the game of cricket and his fascination with operations research.

A game changer takes on cricket’s statistical problem

Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems alumnus and CSAIL lecturer Jehangir Amjad uses statistical methods to predict likely outcomes with limited data.

September 20, 2018

MIT researchers have employed a new machine-learning technique to substantially reduce false positives in fraud-detecting technologies.

Reducing false positives in credit card fraud detection

Model extracts granular behavioral patterns from transaction data to more accurately flag suspicious activity.

September 20, 2018

MIT computer scientists have developed a system that learns to identify objects within an image, based on a spoken description of the image.

Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at once

Model learns to pick out objects within an image, using spoken descriptions.

September 18, 2018

Four GapR subunits assemble as a dimer-of-dimer complex, forming a clamp around overtwisted DNA, which arises during DNA replication and transcription.

Detangling DNA replication

Researchers identify an essential protein that helps enzymes relax overtwisted DNA so each strand can be copied during cell division.

September 17, 2018

It's often unclear how to turn molecular knowledge into new therapeutics, especially for cancers with no clear genetic cause like medulloblastoma.

Protein analysis uncovers new medulloblastoma subtypes

Research team shows the power of proteomics to discover new drug targets and help develop therapeutic strategies with fewer long-term side effects.

September 14, 2018

Edward Doddridge, a postdoc in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT, co-developed a model to investigate the mechanism behind phytoplankton growth within subtropical gyres.

How phytoplankton survive in ocean gyres with low nutrient supplies

Model of nutrient recycling may explain longstanding mystery.

September 14, 2018

MIT researchers have developed a module that helps artificial-intelligence systems fill in the gaps between video frames to improve activity recognition.

Helping computers fill in the gaps between video frames

Machine learning system efficiently recognizes activities by observing how objects change in only a few key frames.

September 13, 2018