3Q: Janet Conrad on the first detection of a neutrino’s cosmic source
The “ghostly particle” is confirmed to have originated from a blazar, nearly 4 billion light years from Earth.
Molecular clock could greatly improve smartphone navigation
Novel chip keeps time using the constant, measurable rotation of molecules as a timing reference.
Smart office enables a personalized workplace atmosphere
Project out of the MIT Media Lab uses biosensors and machine learning to optimize the sensory experience in individual work environments.
A solution for urban storm flooding
Engineered green spaces can capture and purify stormwater while delivering ecosystem and recreational benefits, MIT researchers report.
Scientists sharpen the edges of cancer chemotherapy
Whitehead team deploys CRISPR tools to better understand and uncover ways of improving methotrexate, a popular chemotherapy drug.
Could gravitational waves reveal how fast our universe is expanding?
Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing, researchers say.
Cooling buildings worldwide
Analysis points the way to energy-efficient systems that take a location-specific approach to cooling and dehumidifying places where people live and work.
Making nuclear energy safer and more affordable
Galvanized by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disasters, PhD student Xingang Zhao envisions a future with safe, efficient nuclear power.
What separates the strong from weak among connections in the brain
MIT study finds synapses develop strength with calcium, maturation.
Nanoparticles give immune cells a boost
Drugs carried in cellular “backpacks” help T cells to destroy tumors.
Kirigami-inspired technique manipulates light at the nanoscale
Folding and cutting thin metal films could enable microchip-based 3-D optical devices.
Project to elucidate the structure of atomic nuclei at the femtoscale
Laboratory for Nuclear Science project selected to explore machine learning for lattice quantum chromodynamics.
Automating molecule design to speed up drug development
Machine-learning model could help chemists make molecules with higher potencies, much more quickly.
An AI system for editing music in videos
Given a video of a musical performance, CSAIL’s deep-learning system can make individual instruments louder or softer.