Tag: MIT
New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding
Visualizing the potential impacts of a hurricane on people’s homes before it hits can help residents prepare and decide whether to evacuate. MIT scientists have…
From a five-layer graphene sandwich, a rare electronic state emerges
Ordinary pencil lead holds extraordinary properties when shaved down to layers as thin as an atom. A single, atom-thin sheet of graphite, known as graphene,…
An implantable device could enable injection-free control of diabetes
One promising approach to treating Type 1 diabetes is implanting pancreatic islet cells that can produce insulin when needed, which can free patients from giving…
Engineers design more powerful RNA vaccines
RNA vaccines against Covid-19 have proven effective at reducing the severity of disease. However, a team of researchers at MIT is working on making them…
AI models are powerful, but are they biologically plausible?
Artificial neural networks, ubiquitous machine-learning models that can be trained to complete many tasks, are so called because their architecture is inspired by the way…
The images shed light on how electrons form superconducting pairs that glide through materials without friction. — ScienceDaily
When your laptop or smartphone heats up, it’s due to energy that’s lost in translation. The same goes for power lines that transmit electricity between…
Lingering effects of Neanderthal DNA found in modern humans — ScienceDaily
Recent scientific discoveries have shown that Neanderthal genes comprise some 1 to 4% of the genome of present-day humans whose ancestors migrated out of Africa,…
Astronomers discover last three planets Kepler telescope observed before going dark — ScienceDaily
More than 5,000 planets are confirmed to exist beyond our solar system. Over half were discovered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, a resilient observatory that…
The new findings could explain biodiversity hotspots in tectonically quiet regions — ScienceDaily
New findings could explain biodiversity hotspots in tectonically quiet regions. If we could rewind the tape of species evolution around the world and play it…
NASA’s Spitzer, TESS find potentially volcano-covered Earth-size world — ScienceDaily
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet, or world beyond our solar system, that may be carpeted with volcanoes. Called LP 791-18 d, the planet could…
