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Hurricane Irene, a Category 3 storm that struck North America in August 2011, is not an “100-year event,” as some experts have suggested. Rather than being an anomaly, a new study shows, it represents a clear indicator of how storm intensity will evolve as global warming progresses.
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13 February 2012
08:34 GMT |
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Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) is a compound that was discovered about a decade and a half ago. Though it is one of the most promising materials for rechargeable batteries, no one managed to discover how it actually worked until a paper published this week appeared.
The study is a continuation of a paper that was... |
8 February 2012
10:12 GMT |
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A collaboration of experts in the United States has just finished developing the high-temperature version of photonic crystals, advanced materials that are used for numerous applications. The new constructs can function at temperatures of up to 1,200 degrees Celsius, opening even more applications.
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3 February 2012
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Andreas Mershin, a researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has a big dream, one that could potentially change some parts of the world. He believes that it is possible to create inexpensive solar panels from plant wastes, an inexpensive peptide powder, and an ordinary substrate material.
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3 February 2012
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A collaboration of investigators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Politecnico di Torino, in Italy, was recently able to determine how a spider web is so resistant, and capable of enduring high levels of tear and stress.
The resilience of spider web is legendary among scientists, who have... |
2 February 2012
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By using induced pluripotent stem cells as a starting point, researchers in the United States say they can obtain liver-like cells that could help them crack the mystery surrounding hepatitis C. The condition is puzzling because it produces different effects on patients.
The overall effects are the same – mos... |
1 February 2012
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Some people are at higher risk of developing cancer as a result of DNA damage than others, and a team of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) believes it may have just discovered the mechanism behind this connection.
In the study, the group focused its attention on a class of molecules c... |
31 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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In a paper published in the January 27 issue of the top journal Science, experts propose that the Moon's magnetic field in fact endured for a lot longer than previously estimated. At the same time, its strength may have been underrated in past investigations, the same team indicates.
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27 January 2012
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Companies spending tens of millions of dollars every single year on researching and developing new scents and aromas will soon be able to do so using computer algorithms, rather than humans. The issue here is that the human nose becomes “tired” after a while, which makes it unfeasible for prolonged use.
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24 January 2012
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Investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that empathy and compassion, two traits that usually bring people closer together, oftentimes fail unexpectedly between opposing groups in a conflict. Their work proposes a series of reasons why this happens.
The team was led by postdoctoral resea... |
23 January 2012
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Even the northern goshawk must observe a theoretical speed limit, experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) argue in a new paper. They say that the bird is one of the most adapt creatures on the planet at low-altitude flying through massive numbers of obstacles. As you'll see in the video em... |
23 January 2012
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While it's intuitive to argue that language appeared so that we can communicate more efficiently, linguists are not convinced that this was indeed the main reason. Debates on this issue have been raging on for years, and now experts in the United States bring an interesting point of view to the table.
Many expe... |
19 January 2012
07:36 GMT |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) investigators say that in a recent study they were able to observe a gas transitioning into a superfluid. The latter is a state of matter in which particles flow past each other without experiencing any kind of friction.
This elusive phase transition is a more advanced fo... |
18 January 2012
07:55 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, says that tropical cyclones will become more intense by 2100, even if climate change is stopped dead in its tracks right now. At the same time, the storms will affect areas that are now considered safe.
Though the team took in... |
17 January 2012
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A collaboration of scientists in the United States announce the development of a new imaging technique that allows them to peer deep inside brain cancer cells. This could be of tremendous help in developing therapies against some of the most brutal forms of cancer out there.
Experts focused their attention on gliom... |
12 January 2012
07:37 GMT |
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Data from the latest investigations conducted by researchers in the United States demonstrate that the Permian-Triassic (P-Tr) extinction event may have indeed been caused by massive volcanic eruptions.
The idea was one of the first to be proposed as an explanation, right alongside the formation of the supercontinen... |
11 January 2012
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A new study by investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) manages to reveal the intricate and ancient history of the North American craton, a section of our planet's crust that has been around for a very long time, and that lies right in the middle of the continent.
Earth's rocky lay... |
6 January 2012
08:39 GMT |
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A team of experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces the development of a new model that can simulate the way unicellular bacteria and multicellular microbes distribute energy throughout their bodies.
The balance between energy production and expenditure inside any living organism is calle... |
4 January 2012
07:32 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says that it was recently able to identify which parts of a specific brain area are face-selective. That a region called the fusiform gyrus played a role in this was known for a long time, but which parts of it were involved in the process re... |
3 January 2012
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Stephan Boyer, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently created a self-balancing unicycle that looks as a lot of fun to ride.
The new piece of technology is seen in this video as it gets a drive test on some hallway. The machine is still quite small, so you couldn't venture past co... |
29 December 2011
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Paper computing may be the way of the future, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab assistant professor Leah Buechley. She and her team recently presented their latest innovation, a kit for sketching and drawing circuits on a very special type of paper, using a very special pen.
The kit contains a fe... |
28 December 2011
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A group of experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, says that its latest study on influenza's ability to mutate under pressure has revealed the phenomenon underlying it, called antigenic drift. The work could lead to the development of a final vaccine against the flu.
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20 December 2011
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A system designed to signal the presence of chemicals such as pathogens, explosives, disease-related biomarkers or toxins through a visual glow has been developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge.
The instrument has a variety of applications in numerous fields of resea... |
14 December 2011
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Seeing light traveling has been done in simulations and can even be somewhat tracked with sufficiently advanced technical setups, but not by a camera.That is, it didn't used to be possible before some folks at MIT created a camera that could.It will probably still take a decade or two for everyone to have image... |
13 December 2011
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Experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the development of a new imaging system that is capable of capturing video at a rate of one trillion frames per second. The device is capable of imaging light as it travels through a bottle. As the video embedded at the end of this article will conf... |
13 December 2011
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, announce the creation of a new mathematical model, which provides a solid theoretical foundation for analyzing the way in which structures relate to form in things as different as spider silk is from music.
What the team has shown is that... |
8 December 2011
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, say that the spin of electrons flowing on the surface of materials called topological insulators can be controlled rather easily, by varying the polarization of the light source being used to study the particles.
The discovery was made as ... |
5 December 2011
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Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, say that they were recently able to identify the single genetic mutations that are responsible for the development of several conditions in the autism spectrum (ASD).
The finding is bittersweet in a way, since scientists addressed cond... |
24 November 2011
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There is a limit to what today's computing technologies can do, but researchers are on the problem, one possible solution being photonic chips, which just got a bit closer to our time.
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT) have been trying to make viable photonics-based technologies feas... |
24 November 2011
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A group of experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces the development of a technique that allows optical signals to be processed directly through a circuit, rather than be converted to electrons, and then back into photons.
This achievement brings the goal of constructing an optical compute... |
23 November 2011
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Cells communicate with their environments through chemical signals, which they release in specific patterns and concentrations. A new study shows that the mechanism works both ways, and that cells can adjust the volume of their chemical output accordingly.
Before this investigation, researchers were convinced that c... |
17 November 2011
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A collaboration of investigators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Harvard University announces the discovery of the oldest known ciliate fossils. These remnants belong to a class of microorganisms that currently comprises of about 7,000 species.
The most commonly-known ciliate is the par... |
16 November 2011
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For years, scientists have been continuously discovering new factors involved in allowing cancer the breathing room it requires in order to spread throughout the body. In the latest such study, experts found that blood elements called platelets are involved in promoting cancer development as well.
The real reason w... |
15 November 2011
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One of the most difficult issues to resolve when it came to constructing an artificial replica of the human brain was that of neural plasticity. This obstacle has now been surpassed, thanks to the work of investigators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge.
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15 November 2011
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Despite the fact that recycling operations can keep our planet clean and our streets waste-free, people aren't always interested in improving their eco-conscious attitude mainly because there's no fun in it.
If they are able to count their recycled items and notice their progress while comparing their r... |
12 November 2011
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Apparently, researchers are keen on sparing no efforts in coming up with new ideas which could fasten the development of renewables. The scientists from DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in partnership with the MIT team of experts have launched an online tool named the Materials Project, which acts lik... |
11 November 2011
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The 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill that affected the Gulf of Mexico evidenced a major flaw in the design of underwater, autonomous, robotic vehicles, namely that they cannot properly anchor themselves to anything. Recently, experts managed to address this issue in an innovative manner.
Scientists at the Massac... |
11 November 2011
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This summer saw investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developing an amazing new technology, which allowed experts to control a small rotorcraft over great distances.
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was being handled through an iPhone application, which enabled the user to control the ai... |
8 November 2011
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World's largest landfill seems to be represented by Jardim Gramacho (Gramacho Gardens) located outside of Rio de Janeiro. The dirtiest place in the world succeeds in collecting 9,000 tonnes of waste every year.
Trash has been turned into profit by thousands of poor people who will remain “unemployed,&r... |
7 November 2011
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the development of a series of algorithms that enables a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) machine to conduct its scans in about 15 minutes, as opposed the 45 minutes it needs to complete a scan today. Patients are nowadays asked many times to ... |
1 November 2011
09:28 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Biological Engineering says that bacteria living today can easily pass on genes between each other.
The reason why this should be troubling to us is that the microorganism... |
31 October 2011
06:10 GMT |
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, recently used abundant and inexpensive materials to create a new type of high-efficiency oxygen catalyst. They say that the chemical could be used for both hydrogen-based fuel production and improving rechargeable batteries.
The most remar... |
28 October 2011
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In a study that could help unlock the secrets of some of the weirdest meteorites in the solar system, a group of investigators has recently determined that the asteroid 21 Lutetia may still retain a core of molten metal some 4.5 billion years after it was formed.
This discovery could have considerable implications ... |
28 October 2011
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A group of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Harvard Medical School (HMS) announce the development of a new technology for improving the performance of neural implants used to address a number of neurological disorders.
Some of the conditions in this category include epilepsy a... |
27 October 2011
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists announce the development of a new scientific method for strengthening synapses between neurons grown in the lab. This represents the first time such an achievement is reached.
A number of neurological conditions, including neurodegenerative dementia and autism,... |
26 October 2011
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Nowadays, when energy coming from traditional sources of energy has apparently reached its limits, and the demand for alternatives of any kind is growing, the governments struggle to provide greener means of producing energy. Scientists reached the conclusion that wind power can be one of the most reliable renewable ... |
25 October 2011
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At the Emerging Technology Conference that was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology a group of researchers has shown evidence that gamers are able to interact with their favorite titles just by using their brain waves.The scientists worked with a number of volunteers and were able to detect and interpret... |
24 October 2011
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Thus far, solar cells and panels have been focused exclusively on producing electricity from sunlight. Now, experts in the United States announce the development of a new class of light-harvesting devices that may be used for both electricity and heat production.
Experts with the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo... |
21 October 2011
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The field of consumer electronics is currently heading to a point where each individual smartphone will be outfitted with a sensitive biosensors. The instrument will be able to detect dangerous chemicals and radiations, as well as any diseases in the body based on a small droplet of blood. Researchers at the Massachu... |
19 October 2011
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Researchers with the Lincoln Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the development of a new type of radar technology, which enables users to see through walls. This would have seemed the stuff of science-fiction only a few years ago. In order to understand this innovation it's i... |
18 October 2011
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