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“RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions, and communicate at greater distances. By 2025, experts estimate the number of “internet of things” devices — including sensors that gather real-time data about infrastructure and the environment — could rise to …
“New structural design could lead to self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins. Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have designed 3-D printed mesh-like structures that morph from flat layers into predetermined shapes, in response to changes in ambient temperature. The new …
“Scientists simulate early galaxy formation in a universe of dark matter that is ultralight, or “fuzzy,” rather than cold or warm. Dark matter was likely the starting ingredient for brewing up the very first galaxies in the universe. Shortly after …
“Researchers integrate diamond-based sensing components onto a chip to enable low-cost, high-performance quantum hardware. MIT researchers have, for the first time, fabricated a diamond-based quantum sensor on a silicon chip. The advance could pave the way toward low-cost, scalable hardware …
“Joseph Formaggio explains the discovery that the ghostly particle must be no more than 1 electronvolt, half as massive as previously thought. An international team of scientists, including researchers at MIT, has come closer to pinning down the mass of …
“Made from carbon nanotubes, the new coating is 10 times darker than other very black materials. With apologies to “Spinal Tap,” it appears that black can, indeed, get more black. MIT engineers report today that they have cooked up a …
“MIT researchers find a way to eliminate carbon emissions from cement production — a major global source of greenhouse gases. It’s well known that the production of cement — the world’s leading construction material — is a major source of greenhouse …
“In Situ Vapor-Deposited Parylene Substrates for Ultra-thin, Lightweight Solar Cells Nearly all modern solar panels have one thing in common: glass. A 3-millimeter-thick glass sheet protects and supports the solar cells beneath it, but also contributes up to 90% of …
“New detection tool could be used to make quantum computers robust against unwanted environmental disturbances. MIT and Dartmouth College researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, a tool that detects new characteristics of environmental “noise” that can destroy the fragile …
“Filaments with embedded circuitry can be used to print complex shapes for biomedical and robotic devices. A new method developed by MIT researchers uses standard 3-D printers to produce functioning devices with the electronics already embedded inside. The devices are …