A new way to find better battery materials
Design principles could point to better electrolytes for next-generation lithium batteries.
Yuriy Roman: A chemical engineer pursuing renewable energy
MIT professor devises new ways to generate useful chemicals and fuels from renewable resources.
Study suggests method for boosting growth of blood vessels and muscle
Activating proteins linked to longevity may help to increase endurance and combat frailty in the elderly.
In field tests, device harvests water from desert air
MIT-developed system could provide drinking water even in extremely arid locations.
How often do medical problems lead to bankruptcy?
Poor health is a less common cause of bankruptcy than commonly thought, but it brings other economic woes, study finds.
Soft robotic fish swims alongside real ones in coral reefs
Made of silicone rubber, CSAIL’s “SoFi” could enable a closer study of aquatic life.
Depth-sensing imaging system can peer through fog
Computational photography could solve a problem that bedevils self-driving cars.
Physicists discover new quantum electronic material
With an atomic structure resembling a Japanese basketweaving pattern, “kagome metal” exhibits exotic, quantum behavior.
Scientists detect radio echoes of a black hole feeding on a star
Signals suggest black hole emits a jet of energy proportional to the stellar material it gobbles up.
A blueprint for regeneration
Whitehead Institute researchers uncover framework for how stem cells determine where to form replacement structures.
A machine-learning approach to inventory-constrained dynamic pricing
New study shows that Thompson sampling can be naturally combined with a classical linear program formulation to include inventory constraints.
From coolants to a carbon-constrained world
An early calling for clean energy propels undergraduate Ka-Yen Yau’s research on the next generation of nuclear technology.
Scientists find seismic imaging is blind to water
Findings may lead scientists to reinterpret seismic maps of the Earth's interior.
“Body on a chip” could improve drug evaluation
Human tissue samples linked by microfluidic channels replicate interactions of multiple organs.