How strong is your knot?
With help from spaghetti and color-changing fibers, a new mathematical model predicts a knot’s stability.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | Jan. 2, 2020 | mit~8 mins
Tags: computer-modeling mathematics mechanical-engineering research school-of-engineering school-of-science national-science-foundation-nsf
Study may explain how infections reduce autism symptoms
An immune molecule sometimes produced during infection can influence the social behavior of mice.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | Dec. 18, 2019 | mit~8 mins
Tags: research brain-and-cognitive-sciences picower-institute school-of-science autism national-science-foundation-nsf
Chemists glimpse the fleeting “transition state” of a reaction
New technique for observing reaction products offers insights into the chemical mechanisms that formed them.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | Dec. 16, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: research chemistry school-of-science department-of-energy-doe national-science-foundation-nsf
New health insurance insights
MIT economists analyze how patients and health care providers value Medicaid.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | Dec. 15, 2019 | mit~9 mins
Tags: school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences economics health medicine national-institutes-of-health-nih national-science-foundation-nsf health-care research
New instrument extends LIGO’s reach
Technology “squeezes” out quantum noise so more gravitational wave signals can be detected.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | Dec. 5, 2019 | mit~9 mins
Tags: astronomy astrophysics kavli-institute ligo national-science-foundation-nsf physics research school-of-science space astronomy-and-planetary-science
How biomarkers can record and reconstruct climate trends
Scientists reveal the genes and proteins controlling the chemical structure of a paleoclimate biomarker.
Fatima Husain | EAPS | Dec. 4, 2019 | mit~5 mins
Tags: eaps school-of-science research climate ocean-science dna biology geology climate-change microbes evolution genetics bacteria earth-and-atmospheric-sciences national-science-foundation-nsf department-of-energy-doe
A new way to control microbial metabolism
Chemical engineers program bacteria to switch between different metabolic pathways, boosting their yield of desirable products.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | Dec. 2, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: research chemical-engineering school-of-engineering national-science-foundation-nsf bacteria microbes biological-engineering synthetic-biology
Researchers generate terahertz laser with laughing gas
Device may enable “T-ray vision” and better wireless communication.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | Nov. 14, 2019 | mit~10 mins
Tags: energy mathematics physics research school-of-science wireless national-science-foundation-nsf department-of-defense-dod
Chemists observe “spooky” quantum tunneling
Extremely large electric fields can prevent umbrella-shaped ammonia molecules from inverting.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | Nov. 4, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: research chemistry quantum-mechanics school-of-science national-science-foundation-nsf
Double-sided tape for tissues could replace surgical sutures
New adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devices.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | Oct. 30, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: research mechanical-engineering institute-for-medical-engineering-and-science-imes school-of-engineering bioinspiration national-science-foundation-nsf medicine health-sciences-and-technology
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