As researchers push the boundaries of battery design, seeking to pack ever greater amounts of power and energy into a...
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By Daniel Ackerman, MIT News Drugs can only work if they stick to their target proteins in the body. Assessing...
What do you do after solving the answer to life, the universe, and everything? If you’re mathematicians Drew Sutherland and...
By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624706/probable-impossibilities-by-alan-lightman/ In 1929, astronomer Edwin Hubble, using data from the Mount Wilson Observatory in California,...
For cancer cells to metastasize, they must first break free of a tumor’s own defenses. Most tumors are sheathed in...
By Daniel Ackerman, MIT News Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, charts and graphs have helped communicate information about...
By Daniel Ackerman, MIT News Imagine a robot. Perhaps you’ve just conjured a machine with a rigid, metallic exterior. While...
By Daniel Ackerman, MIT News Video: https://youtu.be/50_kK9phHy8 If you’ve ever swatted a mosquito away from your face, only to have it...
In recent years, engineers have found ways to modify the properties of some “two- dimensional” materials, which are just one...
Polished glass has been at the center of imaging systems for centuries. Their precise curvature enables lenses to focus light...