Credit card-sized device focuses terahertz energy to generate high-resolution images

The advance may enable real-time imaging devices that are smaller, cheaper, and more robust than other systems.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 18, 2022 ~9 min

MIT.nano receives grant to acquire focused ion beam scanning electron microscope

National Science Foundation award will allow the VELION FIB-SEM to become a permanent instrument in MIT.nano’s characterization facility.

MIT.nano • mit
Feb. 9, 2022 ~4 min


New AI technique identifies dead cells under the microscope 100 times faster than people can – potentially accelerating research on neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's

Understanding when and how neurons die is an important part of research on neurodegenerative diseases like Lou Gehrig’s, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

Jeremy Linsley, Scientific Program Leader at Gladstone Institutes, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
Feb. 2, 2022 ~9 min

These key qualities attract ‘likes’ on Instagram

Feature complexity and design complexity are two key characteristics that bring in likes on Instagram, research finds.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Jan. 19, 2022 ~6 min

How do the James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared ‘eyes’ work?

Watch the video to find out more about how the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared cameras work and what they could uncover about our universe.

U. Arizona • futurity
Dec. 27, 2021 ~2 min

Early-stage lung cancer may be detected from a drop of blood

A new study provides proof-of-concept for the ability of a drop of blood to reveal lung cancer in asymptomatic patients.

Anita Slomski • harvard
Dec. 14, 2021 ~5 min

3D imaging enhances checks for aggressive prostate cancer

A new imaging method that uses entire 3D biopsies, instead of just slices, offers a better way to predict if a patient has aggressive prostate cancer.

Sarah McQuate-Washington • futurity
Dec. 14, 2021 ~7 min

Lasers shake up ideas about the fall of the Maya

While droughts caused by climate change have been blamed for the fall of the Maya kingdom, new research complicates the picture.

Jarret Bencks-Brandeis • futurity
Dec. 2, 2021 ~7 min


The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to make a healthy shift in body ideals

For many, the pandemic has disrupted daily habits around eating and fitness – which makes it a prime time to shake up old assumptions about achieving an ideal body.

Janet J. Boseovski, Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina – Greensboro • conversation
Nov. 23, 2021 ~9 min

MIT Lincoln Laboratory wins nine R&D 100 Awards for 2021

A life-detecting radar, a microscale motor, and a quantum network architecture are among this year's most innovative new technologies.

Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
Nov. 17, 2021 ~9 min

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