Using UV-C light, the system can disinfect a warehouse floor in half an hour — and could one day be employed in grocery stores, schools, and other spaces. | Continue reading
Study shows LIGO’s 40-kilogram mirrors can move in response to tiny quantum effects, revealing the “spooky popcorn of the universe.” | Continue reading
The new open access, rapid-review overlay journal aims to combat misinformation in Covid-19 research. | Continue reading
Music gesture artificial intelligence tool developed at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab uses body movements to isolate the sounds of individual instruments. | Continue reading
“Quantitative easing” program let households spend more during the last recession. Could it work again? | Continue reading
Signal from 500 million light years away is the first periodic pattern of radio bursts detected. | Continue reading
Neuroscientists delve into how background brightness influences our perception of an object. | Continue reading
MIT neuroscientists redefine the limits of visual working memory. | Continue reading
Signal from 500 million light years away is the first periodic pattern of radio bursts detected. | Continue reading
Study finds simple changes in road resurfacing practices could improve gas mileage for heavy vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | Continue reading
Institute ends negotiations for a new journals contract in the absence of a proposal aligning with the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts. | Continue reading
The design could advance the development of small, portable AI devices. | Continue reading
New roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens. | Continue reading
MIT CSAIL researchers say improving computing technology after Moore's Law will require more efficient software, new algorithms, and specialized hardware. | Continue reading
Solar geoengineering proposals will weaken extratropical storm tracks in both hemispheres, scientists find. | Continue reading
Approach for generating numbers at random may help analyses of complex systems, from Earth’s climate to financial markets. | Continue reading
Chemical process called ELAST allows labeling probes to infuse more quickly, and makes samples tough enough for repeated handling. | Continue reading
"To save the world, you will have to be men and women of great integrity," McRaven told graduates. | Continue reading
Pathologists who examined the computationally stained images could not tell them apart from traditionally stained slides. | Continue reading
Modeling study shows battery reuse systems could be profitable for both electric vehicle companies and grid-scale solar operations. | Continue reading
“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