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This microscope image shows a single unit of the structure developed by the team, called a stretch-dominated octet truss unit cell, made from a polymer using 3-D microstereolithography. Photo courtesy of the researchers
New ultrastiff, ultralight material developed
A visual odometry algorithm uses low-latency brightness change events from a Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) and the data from a normal camera to provide absolute brightness values. The left photograph shows the camera frame, and the right photograph shows the DVS events (displayed in red and blue) plus grayscale from the camera. Image courtesy of the researchers
Think fast, robot
The ground terminal, with the sun reflecting off of the solar windows of the uplink telescopes. Credit: Robert LaFon, NASA/GSFC
First Broadband Wireless Connection…to the Moon?!
This illustration shows a possible configuration of a floating offshore nuclear plant, based on design work by Jacopo Buongiorno and others at MIT's Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Like offshore oil drilling platforms, the structure would include living quarters and a helipad for transportation to the site. Illustration courtesy of Jake Jurewicz/MIT-NSE
Floating nuclear plants could ride out tsunamis
The new MIT nanoparticles consist of polymer chains (blue) and three different drug molecules — doxorubicin is red, the small green particles are camptothecin, and the larger green core contains cisplatin. Image courtesy of Jeremiah Johnson
Targeting cancer with a triple threat
Illustration: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT
Tiny particles could help verify goods
How to make a “perfect” solar absorber
A paper diagnostic for cancer
ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTINE DANILOFF/MIT
Rise of the compliant machines
Examples of materials discovered through new technique: Lithium-containing compounds called sidorenkites were identified as potential battery cathode materials through high-throughput computational exploration. No lithium-containing materials with the CO3 and PO4 chemical groups found in these compounds exist in nature — these materials are fully synthetic and unexpected. Depending on the specific metal in them, they take on distinct colors (shown here). IMAGE COURTESY OF THE RESEARCHERS
Materials database proves its mettle with new discoveries
A new wrinkle in the control of sound and light waves
A new transparent display system could provide heads-up data
How to tap the sun’s energy through heat as well as light
Watch This Insanely Slippery Non-Stick Coating Get Every Last Bit Out Of Bottles Of Lotion, Mayo, And Even Glue
A leap forward in X-ray technology: Bringing Soft Tissues into Focus