
Scientists from the University of Oxford’s Engineering Science Department and the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) have developed a rapid testing technology for the novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The […]
Scientists from the University of Oxford’s Engineering Science Department and the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) have developed a rapid testing technology for the novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The […]
Mechanical engineering researchers are using AI and machine learning technologies to enhance the products we use in everyday life. “Who is Bram Stoker?” Those three words demonstrated the amazing potential of artificial […]
Lithium-based batteries use more than 50 percent of all cobalt produced in the world. These batteries are in your cell phone, laptop and maybe even your car. About 50 percent of the […]
“Ask chief executives why their companies are performing so well, and they’ll typically credit a brilliant strategy coupled with hard-nosed, diligent execution. When you ask Lars Sørensen of Novo Nordisk what forces […]
To drive discovery, scientists heading up research teams large and small need to learn how people operate, argue Charles E. Leiserson and Chuck McVinney. Education does not stop. Professors must update and […]
New system is the first to create strong, solid glass structures from computerized designs. The technology behind 3-D printing — which initially grew out of work at MIT — has exploded in […]
Study finds barrage of small asteroids shattered moon’s upper crust. Scientists believe that about 4 billion years ago, during a period called the Late Heavy Bombardment, the moon took a severe beating, […]
As a raindrop falls through the atmosphere, it can attract tens to hundreds of tiny aerosol particles to its surface before hitting the ground. The process by which droplets and aerosols attract […]
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 […]
Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that controls decisions that induce high anxiety. by Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Some decisions arouse far more anxiety than others. Among the most anxiety-provoking are those […]
“To tackle our biggest societal challenges, we need an innovation pipeline that delivers every drop,” Reif writes. by MIT News Office The below op-ed, by MIT President L. Rafael Reif, appeared in […]
Algorithm reduces size of data sets while preserving their mathematical properties. by Larry Hardesty |MIT News Office As anyone who’s ever used a spreadsheet can attest, it’s often convenient to organize data […]
Study: Trying to correct political myths may only entrench them further. by Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office Bad news, fans of rational political discourse: A study by an MIT researcher shows […]
by Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office System for defending against memory-access attacks implemented in chips. In the last 10 years, computer security researchers have shown that malicious hackers don’t need to […]