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An antibiotic that could give medicine a new weapon to fight drug-resistant bacteria
A team led by quantum expert Mikhail Lukin (right) has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing. Dolev Bluvstein, a Ph.D. student in Lukin’s lab, was first author on the paper. Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer
A key step toward reliable, game-changing quantum computing
Human tracheal skin cells self-assemble into multi-cellular, moving organoids called Anthrobots. These images show Anthrobots with cilia on their surface (yellow) distributed in different patterns. Surface patterns of cilia are correlated with different movement patterns: circular, wiggling, long curves or straight lines. Credit: Gizem Gumuskaya, Tufts University
Multicellular biobots can move around and help heal “wounds”
Caption:In real-world tests, researchers utilized HuGE to train robotic arms to pick and place objects and to draw the letter “U." They crowdsourced data from 109 nonexpert users in 13 different countries spanning three continents. Credits:Credit: Courtesy of the researchers
Using a new method of crowdsourced feedback to help train robots could also lead to autonomous learning
Using radio waves to monitor nuclear weapons stockpiles
Discovery images from the ATLAS survey, with 2022 SF289 visible in the red boxes.ATLAS/University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy/NASA
A new hazardous asteroid-finding algorithm previews the coming era of data-intensive astronomy
A wild New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides) uses a stick tool to hunt for invertebrate prey – credit James St Clair
Using AI to open up the prospect of understanding what animals say to each other or of even initiating a conversation
While a great deal of research has gone into training computer models to infer someone’s emotional state based on their facial expression, that is not the most important aspect of human emotional intelligence, says MIT Professor Rebecca Saxe. Much more important is the ability to predict someone’s emotional response to events before they occur. Credits:Image: Christine Daniloff, MIT
Is AI capable of predicting someone’s emotional response to events before they occur – today?
MIT engineers have designed a new nanoparticle sensor that can enable cancer diagnosis with a simple urine test. The nanoparticles (blue) carry DNA barcodes (zigzag lines) that can be cleaved by cancer-associated proteases in the body (pac-man shapes). Once cleaved, the DNA barcodes can be detected in a urine sample. Credits:Image: Courtesy of the researchers. Edited by MIT News
Revolutionary Paper Test Unveils Early Cancer Detection and Tumor Analysis Through Urine Samples
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Earlier disease diagnosis with a new ultrasound method
Caption:A large-area elemental map (Calcium: red, Silicon: blue, Aluminum: green) of a 2 cm fragment of ancient Roman concrete (right) collected from the archaeological site of Privernum, Italy (left). A calcium-rich lime clast (in red), which is responsible for the unique self-healing properties in this ancient material, is clearly visible in the lower region of the image. Credits: Courtesy of the researchers
Riddle solved: The key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia
The introduction of the novel dsRNAs into living cells induces IFN-I production in cells’ nuclei (right, in light blue), while the introduction of scrambled control dsRNA does not (left). Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University
A new type of RNA can inhibit a broad range of viral infections
The researchers suspended microporous nanocrystals in water and other aqueous solutions. Courtesy of Jarad Mason
Microporous water opens up enormous possibilities for biomedical and energy applications.
A prototype cooling system uses new solid-state barocaloric materials. CREDIT Adam Slavney
Could solid-state refrigerants become a viable replacement for current air conditioning and other cooling technologies?