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Dubbed “bifur-circuits,” these interactive building blocks could be used to develop reconfigurable robotic grippers or customized assistive devices.
MIT Computer ScienceRead article →MIT CSAIL researchers found a way to exploit a split-second gap in chip security — and used it to acquire a Linux system’s password file.
MIT Computer ScienceRead article →A new machine-learning framework aims to improve the success rate of computational protein design while moving away from results that reproduce sequences found in nature.
MIT Computer ScienceRead article →The “CrysVCD” tool developed at MIT could cut the huge amounts of time and money spent on screening out chemically unstable designs.
MIT Computer ScienceRead article →A new algorithm learns to anticipate the unprecedented scenarios that critical infrastructure and global supply chains are least prepared for.
MIT Machine LearningRead article →New MIT research could lead to better materials for a fossil-fuel-free process for making the chemical that's essential to fertilizer and other products.
MIT Machine LearningRead article →A new, scalable technique could enable powerful radars and sensors based on quantum technology that works at room temperature.
MIT Computer ScienceRead article →A new method for surgically removing training examples from a model reveals that as datasets grow, the link between what a model learns and what it produces dissolves.
MIT Computer ScienceRead article →The mashup of a black hole and an enormous star has never been seen before and could explain the mysterious little red dots often found in deep-space images.
MIT PhysicsRead article →The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center unites researchers across disciplines to develop technologies for medical imaging, sustainable metals production, and next-generation electronics.
MIT PhysicsRead article →From Broadway to MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Science, PhD student Jessica Fry doesn’t do anything halfway. Now she’s hunting for the universe’s most elusive particle.
MIT PhysicsRead article →Infrared observations indicate that dust and water can survive surprisingly close to the Galactic centre.
ESARead article →“GeoPT” helps AI models understand the basics of physics so they can simulate how objects respond to things like wind and water more efficiently and accurately.
MIT Computer ScienceRead article →New Webb images reveal structure in NGC 2392, sometimes known as the Lion Nebula.
NASARead article →The study could help scientists understand how superconductivity and other more complex phenomena emerge in quantum materials.
MIT PhysicsRead article →MIT researchers can now precisely measure how heat moves through multilayered materials like computer chips.
MIT PhysicsRead article →The “ShiftLens” design and fabrication system creates objects that change their surface appearance based on user interactions, without any electronics.
MIT Computer ScienceRead article →A new technique produces wafer-scale samples, overcoming a major roadblock to using these materials in quantum technologies.
MIT Computer ScienceRead article →Study finds non-experts deferred to LLM-based diagnostic assistance, even when it was wrong, while clinicians caught AI errors.
MIT Machine LearningRead article →An expert in machine learning, statistics, and computation, Rakhlin succeeds Professor Ankur Moitra.
MIT Machine LearningRead article →Webb observations support deeper study of puzzling compact objects in the early universe.
NASARead article →Astronomers report a planet detection enabled by the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASARead article →The Euclid mission identified ancient quasars, offering new targets for studying early black-hole growth.
ESARead article →New imagery examines a galaxy whose unusual shape reflects its history of interaction.
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