Researchers develop a detector for continuously monitoring toxic gases

Gene-silencing tool shows promise as a future therapy against prion diseases

AI method rapidly speeds predictions of materials' thermal properties

MIT engineers find a way to protect microbes from extreme conditions

Study reveals how anesthesia drug propofol induces unconsciousness

A prosthesis driven by the nervous system helps people with amputation walk naturally

Reasoning skills of large language models are often overestimated

Scientists preserve DNA in an amber-like polymer

How light can vaporize water without the need for heat

Arvind has died

Mouth-based touchpad enables people living with paralysis to use computers

Researchers demonstrate the first chip-based 3D printer

To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language

Engineers find a new way to convert carbon dioxide into useful products

New treatment could reverse hair loss caused by autoimmune skin disease, alopecia areata

In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat

Three of the oldest stars in the universe found circling the Milky Way

Robotic "SuperLimbs" could help moonwalkers recover from falls

MIT scientists learn how to control muscles with light

Sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces

Making steel with electricity

How light can vaporize water without the need for heat (update from last year - no hydrogels needed)

Artificial reef designed by MIT engineers could protect marine life, reduce storm damage

Study shows perceptions of “good” schools are heavily dependent on the preparation of the students entering them

Tests show high-temperature superconducting magnets are ready for fusion

For polyglots, there's something special about their native tongue

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge

New algorithm unlocks high-resolution insights for computer vision

How cognition changes before dementia hits

New model identifies drugs that shouldn’t be taken together

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