Expanding catalog of black hole collisions is rewriting the history of the universe
Between May 2023 and January 2024, a global network of gravitational-wave detectors picked up 128 new cosmic signals,…
Cocktail Party Problem Decoded: Sound Location Is Key to Hearing in a Crowd
Summary: For decades, neuroscientists have wondered how humans can isolate a single conversation in a loud room—a phenomenon…
MIT designs concrete interior components to last “1,000 years”
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have unveiled the Heirloom House project, a series of nine structural-concrete components…
World’s first terahertz microscope reveals quantum jiggle in electrons
MIT physicists have built a new microscope that can see quantum motion inside superconductors using terahertz light. The…
“Scent-memory machine” turns photographs into custom fragrances
MIT Media Lab has developed a prototype that uses generative AI to interpret and distil the contents of…
Your medicine is watching you — inside MIT’s new ‘smart pills’
Your medication might start tattling on you if you skip a dose. Scientists at MIT have developed a…
What MIT Physicist Nuno Loureiro Was Working on Before Fatal Shooting
The fatal shooting of professor Nuno Loureiro of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has prompted an outpouring…
This New Tech Can ‘Shake’ Water Out of the Air
MIT researchers have developed a new device that uses ultrasound to extract drinking water from the air,…
Sugar Free Capital raises $32M inaugural fund to back early-stage MIT founders
Sheena Jindal is from Boston. She grew up there, attended MIT, and worked at the Boston Consulting Group…
MIT Physicists Propose First-Ever “Neutrino Laser”
MIT physicists propose a “neutrino laser,” a quantum-driven burst of neutrinos that could revolutionize communication and medical technology.…
Cells found to lock genes at many steady points, not just two
MIT engineers have challenged a core idea in biology by showing that epigenetic memory is not simply binary.…
Physicists see heat move as a wave after 90 years of theory
Physicists at MIT have achieved a major feat, capturing a bizarre quantum effect called second sound on film,…