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A theoretical study by MIT researchers suggests that small changes in roadway paving practices could reduce that efficiency loss, potentially eliminating a half-percent o...
MIT engineers have designed a βbrain-on-a-chip,β smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors β...
The fast and efficient generation of random numbers has long been an important challenge. For centuries, games of chance have relied on the roll of a die, the flip of a c...
MIT researchers have discovered a phenomenon that could be harnessed to control the movement of tiny particles floating in suspension. This approach, which requires simpl...
In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will...
Training interactive robots may one day be an easy job for everyone, even those without programming expertise. Roboticists are developing automated robots that can learn...
Last June, researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst released a startling report estimating that the amount of power required for training and searching a...
Imagine youβve been diagnosed as Covid-19 positive. Health officials begin contact tracing to contain infections, asking you to identify people with whom youβve been in c...
A new building about to take shape in Bostonβs Roxbury area could, its designers hope, herald a new way of building residential structures in cities. Designed by architec...
MIT researchers have invented a way to integrate βbreadboardsβ β flat platforms widely used for electronics prototyping β directly onto physical products. The aim is to p...
Over the last century, scientists have developed methods to map the structures within the Earthβs crust, in order to identify resources such as oil reserves, geothermal s...
For the first time, MIT researchers have enabled a soft robotic arm to understand its configuration in 3D space, by leveraging only motion and position data from its own...
Researchers at MIT and at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have outlined a pathway to slash solar cell manufacturing costs by slimming down the silicon cel...
An artificial intelligence model invented by researchers at MIT and Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) that uses satellite imagery to tag road features in digital...
A new MIT study examines the opposing roles of natural gas in the battle against climate change β as a bridge toward a lower-emissions future, but also a contributor to g...
A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a convenient method of extracting C0Β² for use in manufacturing and agriculture, as well as a tool...
As circuit boards are packed with ever smaller components, however, robotic grippersβ ability to manipulate these objects is approaching a limit. Now Kim, Hart, and other...
India is on a path with dual, and potentially conflicting goals related to the use of citizen data. To improve the efficiency their municipal services, many Indian cities...
Automation is not likely to eliminate millions of jobs any time soon β but the U.S. still needs vastly improved policies if Americans are to build better careers and shar...
MITβs fleet of robotic boats has been updated with new capabilities to βshapeshift,β by autonomously disconnecting and reassembling into a variety of configurations, to f...
Years ago, MIT Professor Neil Gershenfeld had an audacious thought. Struck by the fact that all the worldβs living things are built out of combinations of just 20 amino a...
In the Iron Man movies, Tony Stark uses a holographic computer to project 3-D data into thin air, manipulate them with his hands, and find fixes to his superhero troubles...
A new MIT-developed technique enables robots to quickly identify objects hidden in a three-dimensional cloud of data, reminiscent of how some people can make sense of den...
In 2018, researchers at MIT and the auto manufacturer BMW were developing an algorithm to test ways in which humans and robots might work in close proximity to assemble c...
With aims of bringing more human-like reasoning to driverless vehicles, MIT researchers have created an autonomous control system that uses only simple maps and visual da...
The biggest source of global energy consumption is the industrial manufacturing of products such as plastics, iron, and steel. Not only does manufacturing these materials...
A new area in artificial intelligence involves using algorithms to automatically design machine-learning systems known as a neural network, which are more accurate and ef...
MITβs new mini cheetah robot is springy and light on its feet, with a range of motion that rivals a champion gymnast. The four-legged powerpack can bend and swing its leg...
Flip a lobster on its back, and youβll see that the underside of its tail is split in segments connected by a translucent membrane that appears rather vulnerable when com...
In todayβs world of cloud computing, users of mobile apps and web services store personal data on remote data centre servers. This data may include photos, social media p...
On-chip system that detects signals at sub-terahertz wavelengths could help steer driverless cars through fog and dust. Autonomous vehicles relying on light-based image s...
Applying just a bit of strain to a piece of semiconductor or other crystalline material can deform the orderly arrangement of atoms in its structure enough to cause drama...
Hydrogen, the second-tiniest of all atoms, can penetrate right into the crystal structure of a solid metal.Β Thatβs good news for efforts to store the fuel safely within t...
We know far less about the Earthβs oceans than we do about the surface of the moon or Mars. The sea floor is carved with expansive canyons, towering seamounts, deep trenc...
A novel model developed by MIT and Microsoft researchers identifies instances in which autonomous systems have βlearnedβ from training examples that donβt match whatβs ac...
MIT researchers are hoping to advance the democratization of data science with a new tool for non-statisticians that automatically generates models for analysing raw data...
Researchers at MIT and Arizona State University have designed a computer program that allows users to translate any free-form drawing into a two-dimensional, nanoscale st...
In order to evaluate a materialβs ability to withstand the high-radiation environment inside a nuclear reactor, researchers have traditionally used a method known as βcoo...
When you deform a soft material such as Silly Putty, its properties change depending on how fast you stretch and squeeze it. If you leave the putty in a small glass, it w...
MIT engineers have come up “Sun in a Box”, a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver that energy b...
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