Scientists develop sustainable urban lighting with light-emitting plants
Using specialized nanoparticles embedded in plant leaves, MIT engineers have created a light-emitting plant that can be charged by an LED.
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Joseph Shavit
- 4 days ago
Earth's natural mechanisms can control runaway climate change, MIT study finds
Scientists have verified that a "stabilizing mechanism" operating on timescales of 100,000 years helps to regulate global temperatures.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 24
MIT sleep study yields unexpected results
More sleep seems to provide big benefits: Many people find it gives them increased energy, emotional control, and well-being.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 18
MIT scientists extract CO2 straight out of seawater to save the oceans
As CO2 builds up in the Earth’s atmosphere, research teams around the world have spent years seeking ways to remove the gas efficiently.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 28
MIT researchers built an augmented reality headset that gives the wearer X-ray vision
The AR headset combines computer vision and wireless perception to automatically locate a specific item that is hidden from view.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 24
MIT sleep study delivers unexpected results
Getting more sleep seems to provide big benefits: People find it gives them increased energy, emotional control, and improved well-being.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 23
3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing
MIT engineers are hoping to help doctors tailor treatments to patients’ specific heart form and function, with a custom robotic heart.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 3
Alzheimer's patients benefit substantially from 40 Hz sensory stimulation
40Hz sensory stimulation to treat Alzheimer’s disease found to be well tolerated, producing no serious adverse effects among participants
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 31
Scientists create light-emitting plants for sustainable urban lighting
Using specialized nanoparticles embedded in plant leaves, MIT engineers have created a light-emitting plant that can be charged by an LED.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 27
Earth can stabilize run-away climate change on its own, MIT study concludes
The Earth’s climate has undergone some big changes, from global volcanism to planet-cooling ice ages and dramatic shifts in solar radiation.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 24
MIT sleep study delivers unexpected findings
Getting more sleep seems to provide big benefits: Many people find it gives them increased energy, emotional control, and well-being.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 23
MIT scientists identify the effects of Huntington’s disease on neurons
A new study identifies cells that are the most vulnerable within a brain structure involved in mood and movement.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 3
40 Hz sensory stimulation significantly benefits Alzheimer's patients
By increasing the power and synchrony of the 40Hz brain rhythm, he lab has shown profoundly affects on several types of brain cells.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 3
Self-assembling proteins key to memory formation, response to drug treatment
Using these engineered proteins, researchers can record histories that reveal when certain genes are activated, or how cells respond.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 1
First-ever robotic pill makes insulin injections obsolete
One reason that it’s so difficult to deliver large protein drugs orally is that these drugs can’t pass through the mucus barrier.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 31, 2022
The future of urban lighting could be eco-friendly thanks to light-emitting plants
Using specialized nanoparticles embedded in plant leaves, MIT engineers have created a light-emitting plant that can be charged by an LED.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 30, 2022
Researchers develop a new kind of battery, made entirely from abundant and low-cost material
The need is growing fast for economical, large-scale backup systems to provide power when the sun is down and the air is calm.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 25, 2022
MIT sleep study delivers unexpected findings
Many people find getting more sleep gives them increased energy, emotional control, and an improved sense of well-being.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 5, 2022
Space-based laser communications system will transform future science missions
TBIRD has delivered terabytes of data at record-breaking rates of up to 100 gigabits per second — 100 times faster than in most cities,
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 4, 2022
MIT researchers sent the first quantum signal ever through a wormhole
Researchers at the Center for Theoretical Physics lead work on testing quantum gravity on a quantum processor.
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