Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen's carbon footprint
Shifting from fossil fuels to electricity is climate-friendly, but serious cooks don't think much of electric stoves. Will induction cooking finally catch on as an alternative?
Dec. 23, 2020 • ~9 min
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Small study reveals details of brain damage in COVID-19 patients
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers examined six patients using a specialized magnetic resonance technique and found that COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms show some of the same metabolic disturbances in the brain as patients who have suffered oxygen deprivation from other causes.
Nov. 18, 2020 • ~4 min
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How do geese know how to fly south for the winter?
Geese honk loudly and point their bills toward the sky when they're ready to start the migration. Here's how they know it's time, how they navigate and how they conserve energy on the grueling trip.
Nov. 16, 2020 • ~8 min
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Magnetars may be behind some fast radio bursts
Researchers may have pinpointed a source of some fast radio bursts. They may come from neutron stars with extremely powerful magnetic fields called magnetars.
Nov. 13, 2020 • ~4 min
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Pushing the envelope with fusion magnets
MIT Energy Fellow David Fischer irradiates high-temperature superconducting tape to test its resilience and prepare for the first pilot fusion plant.
Nov. 6, 2020 • ~6 min
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Magnetism of Himalayan rocks reveals the mountains' complex tectonic history
Earth's magnetic field locks information into lava as it cools into rock. Millions of years later, scientists can decipher this magnetic data to build geologic timelines and maps.
Nov. 2, 2020 • ~9 min
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Watch a tiny robot back flip through a real colon
A microrobot as small as a few human hairs can do flips through the colon to deliver drugs. Check out the video to see it in action.
Oct. 16, 2020 • ~6 min
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Team creates ‘holy grail’ of superconductors
"...with this kind of technology, you can take society into a superconducting society where you'll never need things like batteries again."
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~8 min
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Life on Earth: why we may have the Moon's now defunct magnetic field to thank for it
The Earth's magnetic field was most likely weaker when life evolved on our planet than it is today.
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~5 min
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Superconductor technology for smaller, sooner fusion
MIT-Commonwealth Fusion Systems demonstration of new superconducting cable is a key step on the high-field path to compact fusion.
Oct. 13, 2020 • ~9 min
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