Location: Cambridge, United States
Modern manufacturing methods are spectacularly inefficient in their use of
energy and materials, according to a detailed MIT analysis of the energy use of
20 major manufacturing processes.
Overall, new manufacturing systems are...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
New research findings at MIT could lead to microchips that operate at much
higher speeds than is possible with today's standard silicon chips, leading to
cell phones and other communications systems that can transmit data much faster. ...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
For the first time, MIT engineers and colleagues have observed the initiation
of a mass gathering and subsequent migration of hundreds of millions of animals
-- in this case, fish.
The work, conducted using a novel imaging technique,...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer
viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a
lithium-ion battery.
The new virus-produced batteries have the same energy capacity and...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Living cells are bombarded with messages from the outside world -- hormones
and other chemicals tell them to grow, migrate, die or do nothing. Inside the
cell, complex signaling networks interpret these cues and make life-and-death...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
The ubiquitous barcodes found on product packaging provide information to the
scanner at the checkout counter, but that's about all they do. Now, researchers
at the Media Lab have come up with a new kind of very tiny barcode that could...
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Location: DHAKA, Bangladesh
Quality precipitated calcium carbonate has much demand in
various chemical and allied industries as filler,
surface coating, whitening, adhesive etc. A study was carried
out by modifying classical lime-soda process ...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
High blood pressure is a common risk factor for heart attacks, strokes and
aneurysms, so diagnosing and monitoring it are critically important. However,
getting reliable blood pressure readings is not always easy.
Visits to the...
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Location: California, United States
In a blown-up image from a scanning tunneling microscope, it looks just like
an endless sheet of chicken wire: a simple flat sheet made up of a lattice of
hexagons. But this nanoscopic material called graphene, first generally
acknowledged...
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Location: Washington DC, United States
Computing and communicating through the Web makes it virtually impossible to
leave the past behind. College Facebook posts or pictures can resurface during a
job interview; a lost or stolen laptop can expose personal photos or messages;
or a...
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Location: California , United States
Roughly the size of a matchstick, a slender titanium tube could become a
pint-sized weapon against chronic hepatitis C and a host of other debilitating
diseases.
Three UCSF/UC Berkeley doctoral students are designing a tiny implantable...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
MIT Professor of Chemical Engineering Gregory Rutledge keeps a small piece of
fabric that at first glance resembles a Kleenex. This tissue-like material,
softer than silk, is composed of fibers that are a thousand times thinner than a
human...
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Location: Marion Doucet or Nadine Peyrolo: @ pasteur.fr marion.doucet - 01 45 68 89 28, France
Through a study of human genetics in different populations around the world,
researchers at the Pasteur Institute and CNRS have discovered how pathogens may
vary over time the evolution of our immune system.
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Devices can help children with
brain injuries learn to grasp and manipulate objects
Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic
devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Ever since the 1940s, chrome has been used to add a protective coating and
shiny luster to a wide range of metal products, from bathroom fixtures to car
bumpers.
Chrome adds beauty and durability, but those features come at a heavy...
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
The thin-film EL devices use perovskite oxides, typified by barium titanate
(BaTiO3), which has long been used as capacitor material for
electronic circuits. With an emission starting voltage of ≈10 V AC, the power
source...
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Location: California, United States
What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took
to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or
"disposable" razors?
A team of MIT researchers today announced a major...
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Location: Heslington, United States
Equipment using wireless technology is becoming increasingly commonplace but
despite this up to 90 per cent of the radio spectrum can be idle in any one
location.
The failure to unlock the potential of this unused radio spectrum is...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Imagine a soldier's uniform made of a special fabric that allows him to look
in all directions and identify threats that are to his side or even behind him.
In work that could turn such science fiction into reality, MIT researchers have...
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Location: Seattle, United States
A single hour of sunlight contains enough energy to meet global energy consumption for an entire year. With demand for energy on the rise and environmental pollution an increasing concern, scientists are exploring new ways to harness the sun's...
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