MIT Scientists Created Shape-Shifting Cube Robots for Space Exploration Based on Electromagnetism

Medicine & Technology Feb 24, 2022

MIT's ElectroVoxels are 3D-printed cube robots that can shape-shift when in outer space. Here's how electromagnetism made this technology possible.

Cat Litter Material Can Save the Planet, Combat Climate Change With Its Methane Content

Jan 12, 2022

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently developed a new approach for extracting methane from the air with the use of an affordable, common clay type, usually used for cat litter.

MIT Experts Developed Fully-Detailed Atlas of Oxygen-Deficient Zones in Earth's Oceans

Dec 28, 2021

A new study form MIT developed the first-ever, fully-detailed atlas of the oxygen-deficient zone in the planet's oceanic bodies.

Looking for Something You May Have Lost? Let This Newly Invented Robot Locate It with 96 Percent Success Rate

Oct 08, 2021

Scientists recently developed a robot with the ability to locate an item that may have been missing for quite some time through the robotic arm attached to it.

MIT Predicts That Society Will Collapse in 1972: Updated, Economic Devastation of Century on Schedule

Jul 19, 2021

MIT's World3 Model predicts that our society will collapse some time in the 21st century. A new update about the prediction shows that we are right on schedule.

Towards Quantum Computing: Physicists Surpass Current Supercomputers With New Programmable Simulator

Jul 13, 2021

Experts from Harvard-MIT are successful at building a new quantum computer that can simulate states of matter on a quantum level.

Face Mask with Biology Sensors Based on CRISPR Enzymes Can Detect COVID-19

Jul 07, 2021

Scientists from Harvard and MIT innovated a tester that can easily detect COVID-19 in the form of face mask.

Obtaining Motional Ground State of Larger-Scale Object Made Possible by Physicis Experts

Jun 18, 2021

Throughout the decades, a motional ground state can only be achieved using smaller-scale objects, but researchers at MIT have succeeded in obtaining the quantum state of a larger object.

MIT Astronomers Reveal Galaxies Overlooked in Past Studies

Mar 30, 2021

MIT astronomers discovered previously overlooked galaxy clusters that previous studies identified as merely a part of a single bright galaxy.

Dr. Spot: MIT, Boston Dynamics Use Mobile Robot in Hospital to Reduce COVID-19 Spread

Mar 20, 2021

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), together with robotics company Boston Dynamics, have deployed a four-legged mobile robot in a hospital to join in the fight against COVID-19.

New Generation of Insect-Inspired Smaller, Faster Drones Introduced

Mar 08, 2021

Taking inspiration from nature - particularly the agile and fast-moving insects - researchers found a way to make drones smaller and faster.

Tunable Heisenberg Model Based on “Ultracold Atoms” Observes New Quantum Behavior

Dec 17, 2020

A "tunable Heisenberg model" designed by physicists from MIT reveals the effect of magnetic forces at the quantum level, addressing the fundamental nature of magnetism and advancing the human understanding of one of the most common phenomena in nature.

Giving Cells a "Squeeze" Makes Them Divide Faster

Oct 14, 2020

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston Children's Hospital have found that physically crowding cells, or "squeezing" them, affects the rate at which they grow and develop.

MIT Develops Sleep-Tracking Device That Alters Dreams to Boost Creativity

Sep 29, 2020

New technology from MIT can alter people's dreams towards particular themes by repeating information during the earliest stage of sleep.

This New Device Can Manipulate Your Dreams While You Sleep

Jul 30, 2020

MIT scientists have developed a new device that can manipulate a person's dreams while sleeping. This experimental dream incubation device aims to control dreams outside the dream itself during the first stage of sleep where the mind is trippy, loose, flexible, and divergent.