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A material designed by MIT chemical engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, strengthen, and even repair itself. The p...

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Testing new drugs with “ALS-on-a-chip”

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There is no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease that gradually kills off the motor neurons that control muscles and is d...

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A new path to solving a longstanding fusion challenge

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A class exercise at MIT, aided by industry researchers, has led to an innovative solution to one of the longstanding challenges facing the d...

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Stamp-sized graphene sheets riddled with holes could be boon for molecular separation

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MIT engineers have found a way to directly “pinprick” microscopic holes into graphene as the material is grown in the lab. With this techniq...

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Study opens route to flexible electronics made from exotic materials

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The vast majority of computing devices today are made from silicon, the second most abundant element on Earth, after oxygen. Silicon can be ...

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MIT alumnus William Nordhaus wins Nobel Prize in economic sciences

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William D. Nordhaus PhD ’67, a scholar known for his work on the long-term interaction of climate change and the economy, will share the 201...

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Student insight on the "Future of Nuclear Energy" study

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Researchers shared findings and recommendations from the new MIT interdisciplinary study, “ The Future of Nuclear in a Carbon-Constrained Wo...

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Showcasing solutions for land, sea, space — and everywhere in between

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Aaron Persad hend up a clear cylinder with filled with water. The inconspicuous object had made a trip most people never will experience — o...

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Three MIT researchers win U.S. Air Force Young Investigator Research Program grants

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Three MIT researchers, representing the departments of Physics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and the Research Laboratory of ...

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Fujitsu Laboratories and MIT’s Center for Brains, Minds and Machines Broaden Partnership

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Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and MIT's Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) has announced a multi-year philanthropic partnership f...

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Immune cell variations contribute to malaria severity

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At least 250 million people are infected with malaria every year, and about half a million of those die from the disease. A new study from M...

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Taming “information hazards” in synthetic biology research

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In 2016, synthetic biologists reconstructed a possibly extinct disease, known as horsepox, using mail-order DNA for around $100,000. The exp...

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To improve anesthesia, focus on neuroscience and nociception, experts urge

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People sometimes mistakenly think of general anesthesia as just a really deep sleep, but in fact, anesthesia is really four brain states — u...

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Movement-enhancing exoskeletons may impair decision making

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As engineers make strides in the design of wearable, electronically active, and responsive leg braces, arm supports, and full-body suits, co...

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Model helps robots navigate more like humans do

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When moving through a crowd to reach some end goal, humans can usually navigate the space safely without thinking too much. They can learn f...

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Detecting fake news at its source

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Lately the fact-checking world has been in a bit of a crisis. Sites like Politifact and Snopes have traditionally focused on specific claims...

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Takian Fakhrul: Paving “one-way streets” for light inside photonic devices

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When Takian Fakhrul was a young girl, her father, then a graduate student in materials science at the University of Manchester, would bring ...

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Self-healing material can build itself from carbon in the air

Testing new drugs with “ALS-on-a-chip”

A new path to solving a longstanding fusion challenge

Stamp-sized graphene sheets riddled with holes could be boon for molecular separation

Study opens route to flexible electronics made from exotic materials

MIT alumnus William Nordhaus wins Nobel Prize in economic sciences

Student insight on the "Future of Nuclear Energy" study

Showcasing solutions for land, sea, space — and everywhere in between

Three MIT researchers win U.S. Air Force Young Investigator Research Program grants

Fujitsu Laboratories and MIT’s Center for Brains, Minds and Machines Broaden Partnership

Immune cell variations contribute to malaria severity

Taming “information hazards” in synthetic biology research

To improve anesthesia, focus on neuroscience and nociception, experts urge

Movement-enhancing exoskeletons may impair decision making

Model helps robots navigate more like humans do

Detecting fake news at its source

Takian Fakhrul: Paving “one-way streets” for light inside photonic devices

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