Month: November 2016

Just Three Atoms Thick New Prototype Chip Created by Stanford Engineers Ever since scientists discovered that atomically thin materials could have useful electronic properties, engineers have been seeking ways to mass-produce so-called single-layer chips. A new technique shows how it might be done. By Tom Abate (Stanford NEWS) NOVEMBER 29, 2016 [..]

Stanford Engineers Developed a Miniature WiFi device: Missing Link for the Internet of Things Until now, there’s been no way to control all sorts of devices, wirelessly, via the internet because there’s been no two-way radio smart and small enough to make this possible. A new technology called HitchHike could [..]

New Kendall Wi-Fi supports Kendall Square and nearby residential areas Free high-speed outdoor internet service implemented by MIT and partners. MIT News Office November 28, 2016     Through a unique collaboration among MIT, Google, Boston Properties, the City of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA), an open and [..]

Novel technique for studying the crystal structure Exotic materials called photonic crystals reveal their internal characteristics with new method. By: David L. Chandler | MIT News Office November 26, 2016 A new technique developed by MIT researchers reveals the inner details of photonic crystals, synthetic materials whose exotic optical properties [..]

Send Messages Using Household Chemicals: Stanford Research Researchers have built a machine that sends messages using common chemicals. Among many potential applications, this system could relay secret messages or allow tiny devices to communicate inside the human body. By Taylor Kubota; Stanford News Nearing the completion of his master’s degree [..]

Smart Microscope Adapts to Changes in Live Specimens Janelia scientists have developed the first adaptive light-sheet microscope — an instrument that continuously analyzes and adapts to dynamic changes in a specimen and thereby improves spatial resolution. By : Philipp J. Keller Janelia Research Campus, HHMI News Recent advances in imaging technology have [..]

Immune Cells Implicated in Dementia-Related to High Blood Pressure 24 November 2016 WCMC News High blood pressure transforms cells of the immune system that reside around cerebral blood vessels and normally protect the brain into agents of cognitive decline, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine scientists.  A cellular-level understanding [..]

30-Year-Old Superconductor Mystery: New Clues Emerge By: Whitney Clavin; Caltech News One of the greatest mysteries of experimental physics is how so-called high-temperature superconducting materials work. Despite their name, high-temperature superconductors—materials that carry electrical current with no resistance—operate at chilly temperatures less than minus 135 degrees Celsius. They can be used [..]

New Direction Toward X-ray Movies Low-power tabletop source of ultrashort electron beams could replace car-size laboratory devices. Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office November 22, 2016   Ultrashort bursts of electrons have several important applications in scientific imaging, but producing them has typically required a costly, power-hungry apparatus about the [..]

Biomarkers: A New Direction In Cancer Thrapy Can Avoide Resistance Biologists link levels of Mena protein to breast cancer cells’ sensitivity to chemotherapy. Anne Trafton | MIT News Office November 22, 2016     MIT biologists have identified a new biomarker that can reveal whether patients with a particularly aggressive [..]

Turning Back the Aging Clock By: Lori Dajose, Caltech News Researchers from Caltech and UCLA have developed a new approach to removing cellular damage that accumulates with age. The technique can potentially help to slow or reverse an important cause of aging. Led by Nikolay Kandul, senior postdoctoral scholar in biology [..]

History of Cells Told Through MEMOIR By Whitney Clavin, Caltech News Researchers have developed a new method for reading the history and “family trees” of cells. Called MEMOIR, or Memory by Engineered Mutagenesis with Optical In situ Readout, the technique can record the life history of animal cells—their relationships with other [..]

Relatively simple quantum computers could be much more powerful than previously realized Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office November 21, 2016     Quantum computers promise huge speedups on some computational problems because they harness a strange physical property called entanglement, in which the physical state of one tiny particle [..]

New way developed by MIT researchers to create more clean water with less energy By: School of Engineering MIT News November 21, 2016   With water scarcity affecting nearly 2 billion people — many of whom live near the oceans — “water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink” [..]