The importance of indoor airflow patterns in spreading airborne disease
MIT Newsby Zach Winn | MIT News3d ago
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of infectious disease deaths, claiming over 1 million lives every year.
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top 68%Paving the way for greener ammonia production
MIT Newsby David L. Chandler | Department of Materials Science and Engineering3d ago
Ammonia is one of the most important chemicals produced in the world, ranking second only to sulfuric acid in the total volume produced each year.
MIT engineers design a better controller for operating construction diggers
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News4d ago
Anyone who’s ever wrestled with a claw machine at an arcade can appreciate the difficulty in pulling and pushing on joysticks, in just the right way, to get a mechanical arm to scoop up that one...
How the Toxoplasma parasite adapts to crowded conditions in host cells
MIT Newsby Mackenzie White | Whitehead Institute4d ago
Toxoplasma gondii, or Toxoplasma, is a parasite that infects hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Securing wireless communication in next-generation devices
MIT Newsby Adam Zewe | MIT News5d ago
MIT researchers have overcome a major challenge holding back the real-world deployment of microwave quantum technologies for advanced signal processing and secure communications.
Cell-preservation technique could make CAR-T cell therapy more accessible
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News5d ago
Immune cells that are engineered to attack cancer cells, known as CAR-T cells, are used to treat some types of blood cancer.
How 35 percent of US employees are left on the margins
MIT Newsby Peter Dizikes | MIT News6d ago
You’ve heard of gig workers, freelancers, and temporary employees. But do you know about marginal workers? Accounting for about one in six U.S.
DNA shaper steers nervous system development
MIT Newsby Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research6d ago
A functional nervous system depends on the cooperation of many kinds of cells. So as developing organisms build their nervous systems, their neurons must take on different forms and functions to...
Mathematical framework connects biological principles to manufacturable, adaptive materials
MIT Newsby Adam Zewe | MIT News6d ago
The scales of a pine cone open in low humidity to scatter seeds, but close in damp conditions to protect seeds from moisture.
MIT engineers connect bacteria to create living transistors
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News6d ago
MIT researchers have engineered bacteria that can function as transistors, allowing the team to create living “circuit boards” that can be printed onto a growth medium in a Petri dish.
Flexible brain circuits can switch between different tasks
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News7d ago
As we move through everyday life, our brains engage in a huge variety of cognitive tasks. For example, during a grocery run, we might have to recall the items for a recipe, remember where the clerk...
Drug that targets an inflammatory enzyme could help prevent lung cancer
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News9d ago
Every year, lung cancer kills more than 100,000 people in the United States. Smoking is the leading risk factor for lung cancer, but other environmental exposures can also contribute to the...
Cells pulse together as they grow — and malignant cells pulse the longest
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News10d ago
Epithelial cells are the tiny shields that line and protect our body. In a developing embryo, epithelial cells grow, divide, and move into positions to form the outer layers of our skin and the...
High-speed microscopy reveals electrical activity across the brain
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News10d ago
Within the brain, neurons compute by generating electrical impulses. These signals travel throughout neurons, which are in turn connected in vast networks that control brain functions such as...
Researchers uncover hidden pore network within nuclear fuel
MIT Newsby Zach Winn | MIT News11d ago
The moment a nuclear reactor begins operation, a complex chain of events is initiated within the fuel: Heavy atoms split into fission products, knocking other atoms out of place and creating...
MIT selected to lead new NSF materials research center
MIT Newsby Jason Sparapani | Department of Materials Science and Engineering11d ago
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected MIT to establish and lead a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) focused on materials technologies for medical imaging...
Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole star
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News12d ago
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have spotted an extremely bright red spot in the early universe. The object resembles an enormous star, spanning the size of our solar system.
How to design a space habitat that supports its residents’ mental health
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News12d ago
In extreme environments, habitats are built for survival. Submarines, Antarctic bases, and postdisaster dwellings are designed to prioritize health and safety.
On the hunt for dark matter
MIT Newsby Sydney Campbell | Division of Graduate and Undergraduate Education13d ago
Physicists across the globe are on a quest for a particle that makes up nearly 85 percent of all matter in the universe, yet no one has ever directly detected it.
With a feel for physics, AI models simulate a wider range of real-world scenarios
MIT Newsby Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL13d ago
Artificial intelligence models are jacks of many trades, including writing, generating images, and creating 3D models.