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- The MIT-Portugal Program enters Phase 4 April 30, 2025New phase will support continued exploration of ideas and solutions in fields ranging from AI to nanotech to climate — with emphasis on educational exchanges and entrepreneurship.Lisa Capone | MIT Portugal Program
- MIT engineers advance toward a fault-tolerant quantum computer April 30, 2025Researchers achieved a type of coupling between artificial atoms and photons that could enable readout and processing of quantum information in a few nanoseconds.Adam Zewe | MIT News
- In kids, EEG monitoring of consciousness safely reduces anesthetic use April 29, 2025Clinical trial finds several outcomes improved for young children when an anesthesiologist observed their brain waves to guide dosing of sevoflurane during surgery.David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
- Exploring new frontiers in mineral extraction April 29, 2025Professor Thomas Peacock’s research aims to better understand the impact of deep-sea mining.Anne Wilson | Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Always looking to home April 29, 2025Mingmar Sherpa, a researcher in the Martin Lab in the Department of Biology, has remained connected to his home in Nepal at every step of his career.Ekaterina Khalizeva | Department of Biology
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- This Chart Might Keep You From Worrying About AI’s Energy Use April 30, 2025The world is collectively freaking out about the growth of artificial intelligence and its strain on power grids. But a look back at electricity load growth in the United States over the last 75 years shows that innovations in efficiency continually compensate for relentless technological progress. In the 1950s, for example, rural America electrified, the […]Emily Waltz
- Freddy the Robot Was the Fall Guy for British AI April 30, 2025Meet FREDERICK Mark 2, the Friendly Robot for Education, Discussion and Entertainment, the Retrieval of Information, and the Collation of Knowledge, better known as Freddy II. This remarkable robot could put together a simple model car from an assortment of parts dumped in its workspace. Its video-camera eyes and pincer hand identified and sorted the […]Allison Marsh
- Rugged, Micro Data Centers Bring Rural Reliability April 30, 2025Rural connectivity is still a huge issue. As of 2022, approximately 28 percent of Americans living in rural areas did not have access to broadband Internet, which at that time was defined by 25 megabits per second for download speeds, and 3 megabits per second for upload speeds by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As […]Dina Genkina
- Dalma Novak’s Journey From Professor to Entrepreneur April 29, 2025It can be a bit of a bumpy road from leaving a secure job in academia to launching a startup based on your research. That’s what IEEE Fellow Dalma Novak experienced. An expert in developing technology to transmit microwave and millimeter-wave signals over long distances using optical fibers, she left a tenured position at the […]Kathy Pretz
- When Does an AI Image Become Art? April 29, 2025AI generated images are now seeping into advertising, social media, entertainment, and more, thanks to models like Midjourney and DALL-E. But creating visual art with AI actually dates back decades. Christiane Paul curates digital art at the Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City. Last year, Paul curated an exhibit on British artist […]Gwendolyn Rak
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- Immune resilience gene signature could hold the key to healthy aging April 25, 2025High levels of a certain biomarker gives people a survival advantage, study finds. The post Immune resilience gene signature could hold the key to healthy aging appeared first on Advanced Science News.Jenna Flogeras
- Kirigama-inspired neural probes are a cut above April 24, 2025The flexible and foldable 3D probes were surprisingly durable when inserted into brain tissue to map the deep functioning of neurons. The post Kirigama-inspired neural probes are a cut above appeared first on Advanced Science News.Robert Lea
- Working close to robots could be safer with cutting-edge Kirigami e-skin April 23, 2025The sensitive e-skin robotic coating applies ultrasonics and AI while taking its inspiration from the Japanese art of Kirigami. The post Working close to robots could be safer with cutting-edge Kirigami e-skin appeared first on Advanced Science News.Robert Lea
- Water-powered gadgets may be on the horizon thanks to new evaporation-based energy device April 22, 2025Scientists created an “evapolectrics” generator that draws power directly from water evaporation, offering a sustainable, battery-free energy source from humidity. The post Water-powered gadgets may be on the horizon thanks to new evaporation-based energy device appeared first on Advanced Science News.Andrey Feldman
- New theory suggests gravity is not a fundamental force April 21, 2025A new theory proposes gravity isn’t a fundamental force but emerges from quantum electromagnetic interactions, potentially reshaping our view of spacetime itself. The post New theory suggests gravity is not a fundamental force appeared first on Advanced Science News.Andrey Feldman