Move Over, CRISPR: Algae and Snails Are Hiding Gene Editing Superpowers
New research finds RNA-guided enzymes called Fanzors are widespread among eukaryotic organisms. A diverse set of species, from snails to algae to amoebas, make programmable…
New research finds RNA-guided enzymes called Fanzors are widespread among eukaryotic organisms. A diverse set of species, from snails to algae to amoebas, make programmable…
While useful for killing pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, the lights may cause unwanted chemical reactions and should be used with ventilation, researchers say. Many efforts to…
Chemists discover the structures of open and closed states of the channel, which could help the development of antiviral drugs to reduce inflammation. MIT researchers…
Researchers using LIGO achieved a landmark in quantum squeezing. In 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, made history when it made the first…
The approach directly converts the greenhouse gas into formate, a solid fuel that can be stored indefinitely and could be used to heat homes or…
The results open the door to exploring superconductivity and other exotic electronic states in three-dimensional materials. Electrons move through a conducting material like commuters at…
How do powerful generative AI systems like ChatGPT work, and what makes them different from other types of artificial intelligence? A quick scan of the…
Researchers coaxed a family of generative AI models to work together to solve multistep robot manipulation problems. Anyone who has ever tried to pack a…
The SecureLoop search tool efficiently identifies secure designs for hardware that can boost the performance of complex AI tasks, while requiring less energy. With the…
Two MIT studies find “self-supervised learning” models, which learn about their environment from unlabeled data, can show activity patterns similar to those of the mammalian…
People of a remote Amazonian society who learned Spanish as a second language began to interpret colors in a new way, an MIT study has…
Isolate thin flakes that can be tuned to exhibit three important properties. MIT physicists have metaphorically turned graphite, or pencil lead, into gold by isolating…
The MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference highlights strategies for implementing large-scale reductions in the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The world in recent years has…
An MIT professor and students collaborate with Chilean partners for an exhibition marking 50 years since the Allende presidency. It is widely recognized that the…
The low-cost FibeRobo, which is compatible with existing textile manufacturing techniques, could be used in adaptive performance wear or compression garments. Instead of needing a…
A newly identified process could explain a variety of natural phenomena and enable new approaches to desalination. Evaporation is happening all around us all the…
MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors that is driven solely by the sun. In…
Images that humans perceive as completely unrelated can be classified as the same by computational models. Human sensory systems are very good at recognizing objects…