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“With thousands of satellites, each network could beam down tens of terabits per second, filling gaps left by land-based services. The team estimated each network’s total throughput based on the most recent petitions filed by each company to the …
“Chemical engineers have found a way to load more drug into a tablet, which could then be made smaller and easier to swallow. About 60 percent of drugs on the market have hydrophobic molecules as their active ingredients. These drugs …
“A new material made from carbon nanotubes can generate electricity by scavenging energy from its environment. MIT engineers have discovered a new way of generating electricity using tiny carbon particles that can create a current simply by interacting with liquid …
“Professor Nicholas Fang’s startup Boston Micro Fabrication uses a novel light-focusing method to make ultraprecise printers. Whether it’s computer chips, smartphone components, or camera parts, the hardware in many products is constantly getting smaller. The trend is pushing …
“In a first, the digital fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity. MIT researchers have created the first fiber with digital capabilities, able to sense, store, analyze, and infer activity after being …
“By selectively heating specific phonons without heating the entire material, researchers have enhanced ion diffusion in a way that could have broad applications. Batteries and fuel cells often rely on a process known as ion diffusion to function. In ion …
“Study yields clues into how nitrogenase, an enzyme critical for life, converts nitrogen into ammonia. Nitrogen, an element that is essential for all living cells, makes up about 78 percent of Earth’s atmosphere. However, most organisms cannot make use …
“If you see a self-driving car out in the wild, you might notice a giant spinning cylinder on top of its roof. That’s a lidar sensor, and it works by sending out pulses of infrared light and measuring the …
“The technology uses tactile sensing to identify objects underground, and might one day help disarm land mines or inspect cables. Over the years, robots have gotten quite good at identifying objects — as long as they’re out in the open …
“Benton Calhoun SM ‘02 PhD ‘06 and David Wentzloff SM ‘02 PhD ‘07 are co-founders of Everactive, which uses wireless sensing to provide continuous remote monitoring for the industrial internet of things. When Ben Calhoun and Dave Wentzloff co-founded Everactive …