American and French scientists have discovered a way to remotely alter the mechanical properties of materials using only sound. The technology, published in the journal Nature Communications, could revolutionize the development of protective…
Zach Winn | MIT News More than 200 years ago, the steam boiler helped spark the Industrial Revolution. Since then, steam has been the lifeblood of industrial activity around the world. Today the production of…
Artificial intelligence is increasingly woven into everyday life, from chatbots that offer companionship to algorithms that shape what we see online. But as generative AI (genAI) becomes more conversational, immersive and emotionally responsive,…
Anne Trafton | MIT News Detecting cancer in the earliest stages could dramatically reduce cancer deaths because cancers are usually easier to treat when caught early. To help achieve that goal, MIT and Microsoft researchers…
Anne Trafton | MIT News A noninvasive method for measuring blood glucose levels, developed at MIT, could save diabetes patients from having to prick their fingers several times a day. The MIT team used Raman…
Denver, CO – A team of researchers from various universities and institutions, including the University of Washington, Purdue University, MIT CSAIL, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Stanford University, NVIDIA,…
Adam Zewe | MIT News Annotating regions of interest in medical images, a process known as segmentation, is often one of the first steps clinical researchers take when running a new study involving biomedical images….
A group of researchers has developed WanderPal, a smart wearable device that could radically change the way people with severe visual impairments navigate cities. The device combines artificial intelligence and tactile feedback to…
Researchers at Rice and Utah universities have developed a new type of soft, multistable metamaterial capable of changing shape when exposed to magnetic fields and maintaining its new configuration even after the external…
German researchers have developed an innovative underwater robot with artificial intelligence that could transform the way we deal with marine pollution by collecting ocean debris with its giant four-fingered robotic hand. To tackle…