AI can read and diagnose brain scans in seconds
Medical imaging plays a critical role in diagnosing diseases of the brain, but reading and interpreting brain scans is a complex and time‑consuming task.
Today,...
Lego-like smart material lets robots change stiffness like living tissue
Robots are usually built from materials with fixed properties.
Once a robot is assembled, its stiffness, flexibility and movement patterns are largely locked in.
Engineers at...
Batteries made from “rust” could be cleaner, cheaper, and surprisingly powerful
Lithium-ion batteries power everything from smartphones to electric cars, but they rely on materials that raise environmental and ethical concerns.
Metals like nickel and cobalt...
MIT engineers turn recycled plastic bottles into strong 3D-printed home frames
The plastic bottle you toss into the recycling bin today might one day help hold up the floor of a house.
Engineers at MIT are...
A one-atom-thick filter may revolutionize natural gas purification
growing role.
Both fuels are mainly made of methane, which burns more cleanly than coal or oil and is widely used for heating, electricity generation...
Scientists achieve near-perfect light transmission on silicon chips
Optical fiber quietly powers much of the modern world.
It carries internet traffic across oceans and cities with astonishing efficiency, letting light travel kilometers with...
This 4D-printed smart skin can transform its shape and reveal hidden images
Most synthetic materials are made to do just one or two things. Once they are created, their properties rarely change.
A research team at Penn...
Electric eels inspire a new kind of soft, powerful battery
From medical implants to soft robots, many emerging technologies need power sources that are flexible, safe, and able to work inside or near living...
MIT scientists turn waste heat into computing power with 99% accuracy
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated a surprising new way to compute—by using heat instead of electricity.
In a proof-of-concept study published in...
A simple carbon coating could transform sodium-ion batteries forever
Sodium-ion batteries are attracting growing attention as a greener and more affordable alternative to today’s lithium-ion batteries.
Sodium is abundant, widely available, and cheaper than...
Your smartphones could become lifesaving radiation detectors in emergencies
After a nuclear or radiological accident, knowing who has been exposed to radiation—and how much—can save lives.
But traditional ways of measuring radiation dose usually...
AI in breast screening can find more cancers
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women worldwide. For decades, mammography screening has been one of the most important tools...
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Scientists unveil key to increasing efficiency in thin-film solar cells
A team of researchers has made significant strides in understanding how solar cells convert sunlight into electricity more efficiently.
Their latest findings, published in the...
High-tech robotic glove: A new hope for stroke patients to play music again
Every year, about 1.1 million people in the European Union suffer from a stroke.
It's a medical condition that can severely limit a person's ability...
This compact camera is only the size of a salt grain
Researchers have developed an ultracompact camera the size of a coarse grain of salt.
The system relies on a technology called a metasurface, which...
Scientists find new way to make security device harder to crack
As more private data is stored and shared digitally, researchers are exploring new ways to protect data against attacks from bad actors.
Current silicon technology...
Scientists create new way to increase the efficiency of solar cells
Researchers at Columbia University have developed a way to harness more power from singlet fission to increase the efficiency of solar cells.
This provides a...