Simulations and experiments aim to improve on spiders in creating strong, resilient fibers. David L. Chandler | MIT News Office After years of research decoding the complex structure and production of spider […]
Spinning A New Version Of Silk
“Rocket Science” For Marketing
Startup’s software, designed to plan NASA space missions, now drives more effective online advertising. by Rob Matheson | MIT News Office Ever opened a webpage to see an advertisement that’s pertinent to your […]
Obesity, Excess Weight In U.S. Continue Upswing
by Washington University School of Medicine Obesity and excess weight, and their negative impact on health, have become a significant focus for physicians and other health-care experts in recent years. But new research […]
Researchers Develop A New Means Of Killing Harmful Bacteria
Engineered particles are capable of producing toxins that are deadly to targeted bacteria. by Helen Knight | MIT News Office The global rise in antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public […]
The Moment Of Truth – Where The Open Skies Meet The Open Sees
Will Solar Impulse Make It From Nagoya Japan To Hawaii Usa Without A Drop Of Fuel? by Solar Impulse Attempting the first ever Round-The-World solar flight to inspire innovation and encourage the use of clean technologies, […]
Automatic Bug Repair
System fixes bugs by importing functionality from other programs — without access to source code. Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office At the Association for Computing Machinery’s Programming Language Design and Implementation […]
New Manufacturing Approach Slices Lithium-ion Battery Cost In Half
Reinventing how these batteries are made also improves their performance and recyclability. by David L. Chandler | MIT News Office An advanced manufacturing approach for lithium-ion batteries, developed by researchers at MIT and […]
Multiple Pathways Progressing To Alzheimer’s Disease
by University of California – San Diego The amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) posits that sticky aggregations or plaques of amyloid-beta peptides accumulate over time in the brain, triggering a […]
We’re Happy And We Know It, And Now The Research Shows It
By Julie Hail Flory | Washington University in St. Louis If you have a spring in your step and a smile on your face, you’re in good company. Americans are generally a […]
NASA, Microsoft Collaborate To Bring Science Fiction To Science Fact
by NASA NASA and Microsoft are teaming up to develop Sidekick, a new project using commercial technology to empower astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Sidekick uses Microsoft HoloLens to provide […]
Stanford Study On Brain Waves Shows How Different Teaching Methods Affect Reading Development
Stanford Professor Bruce McCandliss found that beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, increase activity in the area of their brains best wired for reading. By May Wong | Stanford […]
BOLD – How To Go Big, Create Wealth And Impact The World
by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler Larry Page, Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos–There’s a reason they’re not like entrepreneurs of any previous era. They’re examples of a new and […]
In Social Networks, Group Boundaries Promote The Spread Of Ideas, Penn Study Finds
by University of Pennsylvania Social networks affect every aspect of our lives, from the jobs we get and the technologies we adopt to the partners we choose and the healthiness of our […]
Exploring Africa’s Goma Region: Diary: Day 5
The 7R Future Leadership Institute is following Belgian Floris Buter from the Virunga National Park on a 12 day field trip in Africa, in order to gather topography data for a hydro-power […]
The Future Leadership Institute 