Researchers design new experiments to map and test the quantum realm

Professor Kang-Kuen Ni and her team have collected real experimental data from an unexplored quantum frontier, providing strong evidence of what the theoretical model got right (and wrong) and a roadmap for further exploration into the shadowy next layers of quantum space.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
May 19, 2021 ~7 min

MIT turns “magic” material into versatile electronic devices

Work on three graphene-based devices may yield new insights into superconductivity.

Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
May 19, 2021 ~8 min


Ozone-depleting chemicals may spend less time in the atmosphere than previously thought

News results point to unexpected, illegal production of several CFCs in recent years.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
May 18, 2021 ~7 min

Synthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbelly’s stretch and strength

The membrane’s structure could provide a blueprint for robust artificial tissues.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 23, 2021 ~8 min

New tool developed to study ‘undruggable’ proteins

Researchers at Harvard have designed new, highly selective tools that can add or remove sugars from a protein with no off-target effects, to examine exactly what the sugars are doing and engineer them into new treatments for “undruggable” proteins.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
April 16, 2021 ~7 min

Scientists invent home COVID-19 test using coffee machine capsules

Wax, vials, a coffee capsule and boiling water are the main components of a brand new COVID-19 test.

Mark Lorch, Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull • conversation
April 6, 2021 ~7 min

Chocolate's secret ingredient is the fermenting microbes that make it taste so good

Sauerkraut, sourdough, beer...and chocolate? They're all fermented foods that rely on microbes of various types to transform the flavor of their raw ingredients into something totally different.

Caitlin Clark, Ph.D. Candidate in Food Science, Colorado State University • conversation
March 31, 2021 ~8 min

Design could enable longer lasting, more powerful lithium batteries

Use of a novel electrolyte could allow advanced metal electrodes and higher voltages, boosting capacity and cycle life.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
March 25, 2021 ~7 min


Found in space: Complex carbon-based molecules

Discovery may offer clues to carbon’s role in planet and star formation.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
March 18, 2021 ~8 min

How asteroid dust helped us prove life's raw ingredients can evolve in outer space

A minuscule particle of asteroid dust has helped reveal how celestial rocks like Earth might have sprouted life.

Queenie Hoi Shan Chan, Lecturer in Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway • conversation
March 9, 2021 ~7 min

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