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...
Fifty years ago, a young American chronicler, Robert Darnton, who over the adhering to decades would turn into one of the most noteworthy experts in the social history of the French Enlightenment, published his very first book. It drew attention to an odd fashion, that of animal magnetism, which, like hot air balloons, had...
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...
After more than three decades of simmering debate in specialized physics groups and cutting-edge research communities, the debate over cold fusion (also known as low-energy nuclear reactions or LENRs) refuses to die. From another present, ardent supporters have lacked the consistent, reproducible findings and theoretical basis that general acceptance requires. On the other hand,...
Bio of Saint-Augustin Augustine, who was born and raised at Thagaste, in eastern Algeria (then part of the Roman Empire), describes his boyhood surroundings as "wrong." He portrays college as a questionable site of discovery, focused toward material rather than spiritual aspirations. Augustine leads a libertine life, indulges in sexual experiences, and lives according to...
The Venus’s-flower-basket is a sea sponge found at depths of 100 to 1,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines. A new study shows how the creature’s porous, glassy skeleton alters the flow of seawater. Simulations reveal that this deep-sea glass sponge's skeleton is more than simply pretty A Venus's flower basket is not all...
The illustration reprents the separation from the State and the Church. Credit: RUBÉN ALEJANDRO MORERO When early man examined natural happenings, he was determined to find an explanation. Knowledge for natural phenomena, as well as the desire to control them, pushed our forefathers to seek refuge in the concept of a supernatural power, which evolved...
The symmetry in dynamic development found in many natural events aid scientists in their comprehension of a system's fundamental mechanism. These symmetries, nevertheless, are not always obtained in quantum physics. For the first a period of time physicists from Heidelberg College's Center for Quantum Dynamics demonstrated the theoretically predicted divergence from traditional symmetry in...
The projections of a study from 2020 that computationally evaluated the influence of melting on shock-driven metal microjets were experimentally corroborated by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). According to a previous investigation, melting the foundation material did not always result in an important rise in jet mass. The LLNL, led by David Bober,...
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...
