A multidisciplinary team engineered a small, light, and low-cost deployable antenna for nano- and micro-satellite communications. Credit: Pusan National University A multidisciplinary team engineered a…
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Systems designed to detect deepfakes — videos that manipulate real-life footage via artificial intelligence — can be deceived, computer scientists showed for the first time…
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Joe Thompson (seated) and Jack Gilmore operated Whirlwind, the first digital computer able to operate in real-time and the first digital computer at MIT. Credit:…
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STEM (scanning transmission electron microscopy) image of a one-dimensional array of F4TCNQ molecules (yellow-orange) on a gate-tunable graphene device. Credit: Berkeley Lab Removing one charged…
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In chamber 1, the nanoparticles, made from tantalum metal, are grown. Within this chamber, individual tantalum atoms clump together, similar to the formation of rain…
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Manipulating materials at a fundamental level, MIT’s Ju Li reveals new properties for energy applications. For much of his career, Ju Li thrived on the theoretical…
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The new type of neural network could aid decision making in autonomous driving and medical diagnosis. MIT researchers have developed a type of neural network…
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Artist rendition of twisted trilayer graphene. Credit: Polina Shmatkova & Margarita Davydova In 2018, the physics world was set ablaze with the discovery that when…
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Army-funded researchers discover how to make materials capable of self-propulsion, allowing materials to move without motors or hands. Credit: Yongjin Kim, UMass Amherst Army-funded researchers…
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Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a microneedle patch that can be applied to the skin,…
View More No More Needles for Diagnostic Tests? Engineers Develop Nearly Pain-Free Microneedle Patch