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While lab-grown meat shows promise for sparing animals from slaughter, wood still comes entirely from trees that are cut down. That may not always be the case, though, as scientists are now working on growing it in a lab, too.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Scientists take a step closer to growing wood in a lab
Shifting to alternative propulsion technologies could go a long way toward cleaning up the pollution created by the aviation sector, and a new design cooked up by MIT scientists offers an intriguing look at a potential solution. The engineering team be… Continue reading MIT’s hybrid electric plane concept captures its own harmful pollutants
When taken orally or intravenously, medications typically travel throughout the body, producing unwanted side effects. MIT scientists are working on an alternative, that delivers both light and a light-activated drug directly to the target area.Continu… Continue reading MIT implant delivers drugs and the light that activates them
Atomic clocks are the most precise timekeepers we have today, with the best ones keeping time to within one second in 15 billion years. But there’s always room for improvement, as researchers at MIT have now demonstrated with a new quantum-entangled at… Continue reading Quantum-entangled atomic clock keeps spookily accurate time
During the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics, held in PyeongChang, South Korea, Russian hackers launched a cyberattack that disrupted television and internet systems at the games. The incident was resolved quickly, but because Russia used … Continue reading Countries that retaliate too much against cyberattacks make things worse for themselves
Like many heavy metals, arsenic can contaminate soil and groundwater as a byproduct of mining operations, and this poses all kinds of threats to human health and the environment. A novel type of biosensor could help us negate the risks of this highly t… Continue reading Sensor built into plant tissue tracks arsenic levels in real time
If crop plants aren’t receiving enough nutrients, they’ll typically have lower-than-normal nitrogen levels. A portable new device could allow farmers to check those levels on the spot, so they can start addressing the problem as soon as possible.Contin… Continue reading Plant-assessing leaf-clip sensor could be a big help to farmers
When training for any sort of physical task, it’s important to keep challenging yourself as your skills improve. That’s the thinking behind a new adaptive basketball hoop, that gets higher and smaller as users make more shots.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Smart basketball hoop gets smaller and higher as users’ skills improve
An accumulation of fat in liver cells can lead to serious problems, including inflammation, jaundice and, in more severe cases, cirrhosis and liver failure. But fatty liver disease is difficult to detect before symptoms such as fatigue and abdominal sw… Continue reading Tabletop device tracks water diffusion in the liver to detect fibrosis
While “traditional” objects may exhibit varying degrees of glossiness in different areas, 3D-printed items are typically uniformly shiny all over. That could be about to change, however, thanks to a new printer designed at MIT.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading MIT develops a variable-gloss 3D printer