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“Researchers have designed a skin-like device that can measure small facial movements in patients who have lost the ability to speak. People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) suffer from a gradual decline in their ability to control their muscles. As …
“MorphSensor lets users digitally model an object’s form and electronic function in one integrated space. We’ve come a long way since the first 3D-printed item came to us by way of an eye wash cup, to now being …
“Fiber optics built into a chip can deliver all the laser light needed to control ions for quantum computing and sensing. Walk into a quantum lab where scientists trap ions, and you’ll find benchtops full of mirrors and lenses …
“MIT engineers have made their initial design more practical, efficient, and scalable. Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have significantly boosted the output from a system that can extract drinkable water directly from the air even in dry regions, using heat …
“MIT-Commonwealth Fusion Systems demonstration of new superconducting cable is a key step on the high-field path to compact fusion. Scientists have long sought to harness fusion as an inexhaustible and carbon-free energy source. Within the past few years, groundbreaking …
“New technique provides a means of interconnection between processors, opening the way to a complete quantum computing platform. MIT researchers using superconducting quantum bits connected to a microwave transmission line have shown how the qubits can generate on demand the …
“Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic conductor when subjected to large strain in a new theoretical model. Long known as the hardest of all natural materials, diamonds are also exceptional thermal conductors and electrical insulators. Now, researchers have discovered …
“Seven studies describe progress thus far and challenges ahead for a revolutionary zero-emissions power source. Two and a half years ago, MIT entered into a research agreement with startup company Commonwealth Fusion Systems to develop a next-generation fusion research experiment …
“The rocky world, with its baking-hot surface, is likely not habitable. In a delightful alignment of astronomy and mathematics, scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered a “pi Earth” — an Earth-sized planet that zips around its star every 3.14 …
“The single piece of glass produces crisp panoramic images. To capture panoramic views in a single shot, photographers typically use fisheye lenses — ultra-wide-angle lenses made from multiple pieces of curved glass, which distort incoming light to produce wide, bubble-like images …