How to Keep from Feeling Down in the Winter

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 11, 2024 ~7 min

A portable light system that can digitize everyday objects

A new design tool uses UV and RGB lights to change the color and textures of everyday objects. The system could enable surfaces to display dynamic patterns, such as health data and fashion designs.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 6, 2024 ~8 min


New security protocol shields data from attackers during cloud-based computation

The technique leverages quantum properties of light to guarantee security while preserving the accuracy of a deep-learning model.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Sept. 26, 2024 ~8 min

New OLED may pave way for night vision glasses

A new device amplifies and converts near infrared light into visible light. It could help replace bulky night vision goggles.

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
Sept. 23, 2024 ~6 min

Tiny robots and AI algorithms could help to craft material solutions for cleaner environments

Some materials react and generate potentially helpful particles when exposed to light. Analytical AI can help scientists sort through materials to find ones with this property.

Mahshid Ahmadi, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee • conversation
Sept. 17, 2024 ~7 min

Nanostructures enable on-chip lightwave-electronic frequency mixer

Lightwave electronics aim to integrate optical and electronic systems at incredibly high speeds, leveraging the ultrafast oscillations of light fields.

Research Laboratory of Electronics • mit
Sept. 4, 2024 ~7 min

Tiny implant fights cancer with light

A new device uses light to destroy cancer cells. It mobilizes the immune system’s cancer-targeting response as well.

Karla Cruise - Notre Dame • futurity
July 11, 2024 ~4 min

Researchers leverage shadows to model 3D scenes, including objects blocked from view

This technique could lead to safer autonomous vehicles, more efficient AR/VR headsets, or faster warehouse robots.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
June 18, 2024 ~8 min


Losing winter ice is changing the Great Lakes food web – here’s how light is shaping life underwater

In winter 2023-24, the Great Lakes’ ice cover was near record lows, peaking at just 16%. Researchers explain how diminishing ice could have consequences for fisheries, and how species are evolving.

Robert Michael McKay, Director and Professor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor • conversation
June 11, 2024 ~8 min

Researchers demonstrate the first chip-based 3D printer

Smaller than a coin, this optical device could enable rapid prototyping on the go.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
June 6, 2024 ~7 min

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