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A new model gives scientists guidelines to develop ‘smart’ composite materials with wrinkled microstructures.
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Robot butlers that tidy your house or cook you a meal have long been the dream of science-fiction writers and artificial intelligence researchers alike.
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For database-driven applications, new software could reduce hardware requirements by 95 percent while actually improving performance.
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Nanofibers have a dizzying range of possible applications, but they’ve been prohibitively expensive to make. MIT researchers hope to change that.
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As black holes go, Sagittarius A* is relatively low-key. The black hole at the center of our galaxy emits very little energy for its size, giving off roughly as much energy as the sun, even though it is 4 million times as massive.
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Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are small devices with huge potential.
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A new study suggests certain types of funding which provide more freedom and focus less on near-term results lead to more innovative and influential research.
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MIT engineers report a new approach to identifying protein structures key to Alzheimer's disease, an important step toward the development of new drugs that could prevent such structures from forming.
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