Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right direction

New research could allow a person to correct a robot’s actions in real-time, using the kind of feedback they’d give another human.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
March 7, 2025 ~7 min

Knitted microtissue can accelerate healing

Lincoln Laboratory and MIT researchers are creating new types of bioabsorbable fabrics that mimic the unique way soft tissues stretch while nurturing growing cells.

Anne McGovern | Lincoln Laboratory • mit
March 5, 2025 ~5 min


Letterlocking: A new look at a centuries-old practice

A first history of the document security technology, co-authored by MIT Libraries’ Jana Dambrogio, provides new tools for interdisciplinary research.

Brigham Fay | MIT Libraries • mit
March 4, 2025 ~3 min

Designing better ways to deliver drugs

Graduate student and MathWorks fellow Louis DeRidder is developing a device to make chemotherapy dosing more accurate for individual patients.

Michaela Jarvis | School of Engineering • mit
March 4, 2025 ~7 min

Collaborating to advance research and innovation on essential chips for AI

Agreement between MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and GlobalFoundries aims to deliver power efficiencies for data centers and ultra-low power consumption for intelligent devices at the edge.

Microsystems Technology Laboratories • mit
Feb. 28, 2025 ~4 min

The science behind airplane deicing – a mechanical engineer explains how chemistry and physics make flying a more uplifting experience

Waiting for your plane to get deiced may be annoying, but it’s an essential safety step in chilly conditions.

Andrew Sommers, Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Miami University • conversation
Feb. 28, 2025 ~10 min

Will neutrons compromise the operation of superconducting magnets in a fusion plant?

Tests suggest these powerful magnets will not suffer immediate loss of performance during irradiation.

David L. Chandler | MIT News • mit
Feb. 28, 2025 ~5 min

An ancient RNA-guided system could simplify delivery of gene editing therapies

The programmable proteins are compact, modular, and can be directed to modify DNA in human cells.

Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
Feb. 27, 2025 ~7 min


Sometimes, when competitors collaborate, everybody wins

Engineers developed a planning tool that can help independent entities decide when they should invest in joint projects.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Feb. 27, 2025 ~8 min

MIT physicists find unexpected crystals of electrons in new ultrathin material

Rhombohedral pentalayer graphene joins a family of materials with exotic properties that may have other “relatives.”

Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Feb. 26, 2025 ~6 min

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