A multimodal Investigation of adductively manufactured 316L stainless steel revealing a heterogeneous - and correlative. Credit: Dr. W. Streit Cunningham and Prof. Jason Trelewicz, Stony Brook University Laser additive manufacturing, a form of 3D printing that accumulates parts layer-by-layer by melting and resolidifying steel powders– has ushered in a renaissance for researchers discovering exactly how...
A professor of electrical engineering of long standing, he was also a transformational research supervisor at the MIT Lab for Information and Decisions System. MIT Professor Emeritus of Computer and Electrical Engineers Michael Athans quietly died on May the 26th at his family home in Clearwater, Florida, at the age of eighty-three. Athans was born in...
An MIT-developed inflatable robotic prosthetic hand provides amputees real-time responsive control. The smart hand is soft and flexible, weighs around 0.23 kilograms, and costs a fraction of similar prosthetics. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers at MIT / MIT News Prosthetics enable a wide range of everyday tasks, including shaking hands, stroking cats, and zipping up...
Blood vessels in mouse kidneys were covered with a unique polymer, which aided in preventing the recipient mouse's body immune system from rejecting the new kidneys after a transplant. Credit: Dr. Erika Siren Scientists have recently found a route to decrease organ rejection after a transplant by utilizing a unique polymer to cover blood vessels...
Scientists have collected evidence of local symmetry breaking in a quantum material upon heating. They believe these local states are associated with electronic orbitals that serve as orbital degeneracy lifting (ODL) "precursors" to the titanium (Ti) dimers (two molecules linked together) formed when the material is cooled to low temperature. (Electron orbitals are considered...
Crystals of the material hexagonal boron nitride can be etched so that the pattern you draw at the top transforms into a smaller and razor-sharp version at the bottom. These perforations can be used as a shadow mask to draw components and circuits in graphene. This process enables a precision that is impossible with...
Astronaut reaching for a light. Credit: Andy Buchanan / Alamy Clare Wilson, a medical reporter, says that she has been a fan of apocalyptic sci-fi since her teenage years. She was hooked by the 1950s classic The Day of the Triffids by UK author John Wyndham. Instead of discouraging her, the COVID-19 pandemic fed her...
How did it all start? This image maps the cooler infrared emission from interstellar dust found throughout the interstellar medium. NASA/JPL-Caltech As humanity has rolled in beyond into space, we have come to learn a great deal even more concerning the lifecycle of the solar system. From a collapsing cloud of gas into an all-new star to an...
The era of widespread long-distance learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic needs online testing methods that efficiently avert cheating, specifically in the form of cooperation amongst pupils. With worry about cheating rising across the United States, a solution that preserves students' privacy is particularly beneficial. In research published on March 1st in npj Science of...
Studies to develop drugs, vaccines, devices, and repurposed drugs are urgently needed to win the battle against COVID-19. Randomized clinical trials are used to supply evidence of safety and efficacy and better understand this new and evolving virus. Since July 15, over 6,180 COVID-19 clinical trials have been registered through ClinicalTrials.gov, the United States...
