Location: Berkeley, United States
Ultracold atoms are still too hot. This may seem a ridiculous claim—after
all, the low-temperature exploits of the purveyors of quantum gases are
notorious. Laser cooling can flash-freeze atoms to temperatures in the micro-
and nanokelvin...
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Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Abstract :
Resolving individual atoms has always been the ultimate goal of
surface microscopy. The scanning tunneling microscope images
atomic-scale features on surfaces, but resolving single atoms...
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Location: California, United States
Abstract:
The ability to pattern nanostructures has important
applications in medical diagnosis,(1,
2) sensing,
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Borrowing from Mother Nature, a team of MIT researchers has built a school of
swimming robo-fish that slip through the water just as gracefully as the real
thing, if not quite as fast.
Mechanical engineers Kamal Youcef-Toumi and Pablo...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
An accurate map of a large underground oil reservoir that can guide
engineers' efforts to coax the oil from the vast rocky subsurface into wells
where it can be pumped out for storage or transport.
Researchers in MIT's Department of...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging
enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a
hundred times thinner than a human hair and then putting it to use as an
electronic device....
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Location: Cambridge, United States
A rising tide is said to lift all boats. Rising global temperatures, however,
may lead to increased disparities between rich and poor countries, according to
a recent MIT economic analysis of the impact of climate change on growth. ...
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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
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: 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
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
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: Los Angeles, United States
New research suggests that the layer of insulation coating neural wiring in
the brain plays a critical role in determining intelligence. In addition, the
quality of this insulation appears to be largely genetically determined,
providing...
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Location: Ohio, United States
Researchers have developed a new way to perform chemical reactions involving only about 1,000 molecules. The method could prove useful in the rapid screening of chemical reactions when searching for new drugs and industrial materials.
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Location: Montreal, Canada
We knew that reducing the intake of calories, for example because of the
reduction of the amount sugar ingested, could prolong life. According to a new
study by researchers at the University of Montreal whose results are published
in the...
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Location: Boston, United States
Abstract:
An engineered metamaterial proved it can function as a state-of-the-art device
in the complex terahertz range of the electromagnetic spectrum, setting a
standard of performance for modulating tiny waves of radiation,...
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Location: Case Western Reserve University, United States
Traditionally, stimulating nerves or brain tissue involves cumbersome wiring
and a sharp metal electrode. But a team of researchers at Case Western Reserve
University is going "wireless."
And it's a unique collaboration...
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Location: COLUMBUS, United States
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists have determined that a specific gene plays a role
in the weight-gain response to a high-fat diet.
The finding in an animal study suggests that blocking this gene could one day
be a therapeutic...
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Location: San Diego, United States
A record breaking amplifier for high capacity wireless communications systems has been developed. New imaging and high capacity wireless communications systems are one step closer to reality.
New imaging and high capacity wireless...
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