“Researchers at MIT have discovered a new phenomenon: that light can cause evaporation of water from its surface without the need for heat.” ~ learn more
This interview catches you up on almost everything you want to know about the state of fusion research. Dennis Whyte is a nuclear scientist at MIT and the director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center. He’s interviewed by […]
Wow! “In a paper published recently … the [MIT] team reports on an AI model that distinguishes asymptomatic people from healthy individuals through forced-cough recordings, which people voluntarily submitted through web browsers and devices such as cellphones and laptops.” | learn more
Skylar Tibbits is the founder of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT. His team’s work is incredible, and his TED talk is the coolest I’ve seen in a long time. He showcases how they created a system of underwater structures that […]
This is from the same lab that managed to create urine tests for lung cancer. Amazon stuff in the pipeline of science! | learn more
“A new study from MIT has found that reactivating a certain enzyme improves repair of DNA damage in neurons, which helps Alzheimer’s patients and others with cognitive decline.” | learn more
“Urine tests that pick up biomarkers of cancer are one way scientists hope to diagnose the disease early, and MIT researchers have demonstrated a particularly promising example that could give efforts to diagnose early-stage lung cancer a huge boost.” | learn more
From the science journal Nature. “Their role in science may have had a significant impact on the world, or their position in the world may have had an important impact on science. In ten short profiles we reveal the human […]
“Researchers at MIT have now created ‘cyborg plants’ that can control a robot base to drive themselves where they want to go.” | learn more
“Researchers at MIT have discovered that fasting for 24 hours flips a metabolic switch in mice, causing their guts to enhance their intestinal stem cells.” | learn more