Content by Anne Trafton
Tue, 10/31/2023 - 12:02
Flat screen TVs that incorporate quantum dots are now commercially available. But it has been more difficult to create arrays of their elongated cousins, quantum rods, for commercial devices. Quantum rods can control both the polarization and color…Pixel-by-Pixel Analysis Yields Insights Into Lithium-Ion BatteriesIn a first, researchers have observed how lithium ions flow through a battery interface
Thu, 09/28/2023 - 12:01
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- By mining data from X-ray images, researchers at MIT, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator, and the Toyota Research Institute have made significant new discoveries about the reactivity of lithium iron phosphate, a…Tue, 07/18/2023 - 12:02
A team of chemists from MIT and Duke University has discovered a counterintuitive way to make polymers stronger: Introduce a few weaker bonds into the material.
Working with a type of polymer known as polyacrylate elastomers, the researchers found…Thu, 11/10/2022 - 12:02
Taking advantage of a phenomenon known as emergent behavior in the microscale, MIT engineers have designed simple microparticles that can collectively generate complex behavior, much the same way that a colony of ants can dig tunnels or collect food…Study Finds the Risks of Sharing Healthcare Data Are LowReduce identifying info in patient health data to enable better treatments and diagnostics
Thu, 10/27/2022 - 12:01
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- In recent years, scientists have made great strides in their ability to develop artificial intelligence algorithms that can analyze patient data and come up with new ways to diagnose disease or predict which treatments work…New Device Can Diagnose Covid-19 From Saliva SamplesThe tabletop diagnostic yields results in an hour and can be programmed to detect variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
Wed, 08/11/2021 - 12:00
First published Aug. 6, 2021, on MIT News.
Engineers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a small tabletop device that can detect SARS-CoV-2 from a saliva sample in about an hour. In a new study, they showed that the diagnostic is just as…Wed, 06/23/2021 - 12:01
First published June 7, 2021, on MIT News.
MIT engineers have discovered a new way of generating electricity using tiny carbon particles that can create a current simply by interacting with liquid surrounding them.
The liquid, an organic solvent,…Thu, 03/25/2021 - 12:02
Engineers at MIT and Imperial College London have developed a new way to generate tough, functional materials using a mixture of bacteria and yeast similar to the “kombucha mother” used to ferment tea.
Using this mixture, also called a SCOBY (…Tue, 03/23/2021 - 12:03
In the era of social distancing, using robots for some healthcare interactions is a promising way to reduce in-person contact between healthcare workers and sick patients. However, a key question that needs to be answered is how patients will react…Wed, 02/17/2021 - 12:01
This story was originally published by MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL).
In some ways, learning to program a computer is similar to learning a new language. It requires learning new symbols and terms, which must be…