Technology
New quantum magnet unleashes electronics potential
Some of our most important everyday items, like computers, medical equipment, stereos, generators, and more, work because of magnets.
Jul 26, 2023
Health
Study finds tracking brain waves could reduce post-op complications
Researchers at MIT have identified brain wave signatures that could help anesthesiologists determine when patients are entering a deeper state of unconsciousness during general anesthesia.
Jul 18, 2023
Health
How Tau tangles form in the brain
MIT chemists have made significant progress in understanding the formation of Tau fibrils, which are tangled proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
Jul 18, 2023
Technology
Engineers Electrify Aviation Dreams: Prepare for Shockingly Powerful 1-Megawatt Motors
Aviation's carbon emissions could significantly decrease through electrification, but currently, only small all-electric planes are viable.
Jun 12, 2023
Technology
J-WAFS awards $150K Solutions grant to Patrick Doyle and team for rapid removal of micropollutants from water
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) has awarded a 2022 J-WAFS Solutions grant to Patrick S.
Sep 7, 2022
Technology
A simple way to significantly increase lifetimes of fuel cells and other devices
In research that could jump-start work on a range of technologies including fuel cells, which are key to storing solar and wind energy, MIT researchers have…
Aug 31, 2022
Technology
MIT chemists develop a wireless electronic lateral flow assay test for biosensing
Lateral flow assays (LFA) tests have become ubiquitous within the general public; they are the format for standard home pregnancy and Covid-19 tests, indicating a positive result with a colored line, and a negative result with no colored line.
Aug 24, 2022
Technology
Stranded assets could exact steep costs on fossil energy producers and investors
A 2021 study in the journal Nature found that in order to avert the worst impacts of climate change, most of the world’s known fossil fuel reserves must remain untapped.
Aug 19, 2022
Technology
3 Questions: Amar Gupta on an integrated approach to enhanced health-care delivery
Covid-19 was somewhat of a metaverse itself. Many of our domains turned digital — with much attention toward one emerging space: virtual care.
Aug 10, 2022
Technology
J-PAL expands evidence-to-policy government partnerships to fight poverty worldwide
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT has announced a significant expansion of its efforts to forge evidence-to-policy partnerships with…
Aug 8, 2022
Technology
Engineers repurpose 19th-century photography technique to make stretchy, color-changing films
Imagine stretching a piece of film to reveal a hidden message. Or checking an arm band’s color to gauge muscle mass.
Aug 1, 2022
Technology
J-PAL North America launches two partnership opportunities to research social programs
J-PAL North America, a research center in the MIT Department of Economics, has opened two Evaluation Incubators: the Housing Stability Evaluation Incubator and State and Local Evaluation Incubator.
Aug 1, 2022
Technology
Explained: How to tell if artificial intelligence is working the way we want it to
About a decade ago, deep-learning models started achieving superhuman results on all sorts of tasks, from beating world-champion board game players to outperforming doctors at diagnosing breast cancer.
Jul 22, 2022
Technology
New findings reveal how neurons build and maintain their capacity to communicate
The nervous system works because neurons communicate across connections called synapses.
Jul 21, 2022