“Gold standard” material for generating oxygen from water divulges its molecular mechanisms. | Continue reading
Researchers test how far artificial intelligence models can go in dreaming up varied poses and colors of objects and animals in photos. | Continue reading
Researchers unveil a pruning algorithm to make artificial intelligence applications run faster. | Continue reading
MIT system cuts the energy required for training and running neural networks. | Continue reading
MIT economist Daron Acemoglu’s new research puts a number on the job costs of automation. | Continue reading
Researchers unveil a pruning algorithm to make artificial intelligence applications run faster. | Continue reading
Researchers show that computers can “write” algorithms that adapt to radically different environments better than algorithms designed by humans. | Continue reading
MIT system cuts the energy required for training and running neural networks. | Continue reading
“Every emergency reveals that ‘impossible’ things are actually doable,” President Rafael Reif writes in Boston Globe op-ed. | Continue reading
Study finds specific cells in the lungs, nasal passages, and intestines that are more susceptible to infection. | Continue reading
Study shows ripples across a newly fertilized egg are similar to other systems, from ocean and atmospheric circulations to quantum fluids. | Continue reading
A machine learning algorithm combines data on the disease's spread with a neural network, to help predict when infections will slow down in each country. | Continue reading
Congestion control system could help streaming video, mobile games, and other applications run more smoothly. | Continue reading
Translated into sound, SARS-CoV-2 tricks our ear in the same way the virus tricks our cells. | Continue reading
Using magnetic nanoparticles, scientists stimulate the adrenal gland in rodents to control release of hormones linked to stress. | Continue reading
A system that enables smartphones to transmit “chirps” to nearby devices could notify people if they have been near an infected person. | Continue reading
MIT chemists are testing a protein fragment that may inhibit coronaviruses’ ability to enter human lung cells. | Continue reading
Device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, other portable electronics. | Continue reading
Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages. | Continue reading
Sorting through millions of possibilities, a search for battery materials delivered results in five weeks instead of 50 years. | Continue reading
Device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, other portable electronics. | Continue reading
Neuroscientists discover how a key brain region combines visual and spatial information to help us find our way. | Continue reading
A variety of MIT research projects could aid efforts to detect and prevent the spread of coronavirus. | Continue reading
Low-cost portable ventilator could be a lifesaver for people in remote locations and for hospitals in the developing world. | Continue reading
Device was one of eight inventions pitched at this year’s MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize competition. | Continue reading
In place of flat “breadboards,” 3D-printed CurveBoards enable easier testing of circuit design on electronics products. | Continue reading
Study finds disclaimers on some false news stories make people more readily believe other false stories. | Continue reading
Study finds that in Liberia, volunteers limited damage from Ebola by distributing information within their own communities. | Continue reading
Technique may help scientists more accurately map vast underground geologic structures. | Continue reading
System ensures hackers eavesdropping on large networks can’t find out who’s communicating and when they’re doing so. | Continue reading
MIT engineers devise a decision map to identify the best mission type to deflect an incoming asteroid. | Continue reading
External system improves phones’ signal strength 1,000 percent, without requiring extra antennas. | Continue reading
Tiny, battery-free ID chip can authenticate nearly any product to help combat losses to counterfeiting. | Continue reading
Flexible sensors and an artificial intelligence model tell deformable robots how their bodies are positioned in a 3D environment. | Continue reading
A new study suggests a path to more efficient error correction, which may help make quantum computers and sensors more practical. | Continue reading
Text-generating tool pinpoints and replaces specific information in sentences while retaining humanlike grammar and style. | Continue reading
Mobile voting application could allow hackers to alter individual votes and may pose privacy issues for users. | Continue reading
A tilted orbit may explain the asteroid Pallas’ highly cratered surface. | Continue reading
System achieves new level of efficiency in harnessing sunlight to make fresh potable water from seawater. | Continue reading
MIT’s new system TextFooler can trick the types of natural-language-processing systems that Google uses to help power its search results, including audio for Google Home. | Continue reading
Evidence links Dutch-era sugar production and greater economic activity today. | Continue reading
Next-generation devices made with new “peel and stack” method may include electronic chips worn on the skin. | Continue reading
An MIT team has devised a lithium metal anode that could improve the longevity and energy density of future batteries. | Continue reading
Routing scheme boosts efficiency in networks that help speed up blockchain transactions. | Continue reading
Qubits made from strontium and calcium ions can be precisely controlled by technology that already exists. | Continue reading
Even when people believed Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election, they did not use “she” to refer to the next president. | Continue reading