MIT’s new modular lunar robot has ‘worms’ for arms
The WORMS system is designed to navigate the moon's South Pole, which has complex terrain and potential water sources.
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MIT solved a century-old differential equation to break 'liquid' AI's computational bottleneck
The discovery could usher in a new generation of weather forecasting and autonomous vehicle driving virtual agents.
Researchers created low-cost, 3D-printed plasma sensors for satellites
The sensors could accelerate climate change research..We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Study finds judges are increasingly citing Wikipedia in legal decisions
Even judges can't resist the urge to find quick answers online.
Robots learn to shape letters using Play-Doh
This could help robots make food and even pottery.
Listen to the sound of a black hole feeding on stellar material
The MIT study could shed light on how supermassive black holes help shape their galaxies.
Scientists 'knit' soft robotic wearables for easier design and fabrication
They could be used for applications like assistive gloves for the disabled.
MIT scientists reveal why it's hard to evenly split Oreo filling between two halves
They created a 3D-printed device to optimize cookie separation.
MIT engineers built a robot for emergency stroke surgeries
It uses a magnet to guide a wire through the vessels of a patient's brain.
Thermophotovoltaic cell converts 40 percent of heat energy to electricity
That makes it more efficient than many steam engines.
Researchers create bacteria that could protect your gut from antibiotics
The partner treatment promises to prevent diarrhea and other complications.
MIT's new simulation reveals crucial insights into the birth of the universe
It provides unprecedented approximations of the cosmic reionization process.
MIT study finds neurons in epilepsy patients that only respond to singing
Instrumental music or human speech had no impact on the same group of neurons.
Scientists create cube robots that can shapeshift in space
ElectroVoxels are cheap to make and use electromagnets for reconfiguration.
Scientists study a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet's dark side in detail for the first time
Iron clouds and titanium rain, anyone?
Boston's Federal Reserve says it has solved technical challenges of a 'digital dollar'
It could settle payments in under two seconds and handle 1.7 million transactions a second.
All-in-one diabetes devices could take the hassle out of insulin injections
Neither has been tested on humans yet.
MIT researchers create AI system that could make robots better at handling objects
The system can manipulate more than 2,000 objects.
Researchers are working on giving robots social skills
It could enable smoother and more positive human-robot interactions.
MIT researchers create fabric that can sense and react to its wearer's movement
OmniFiber could be used to create training garments.
