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September 23, 2018First particle tracks seen in prototype ...
Geneva--The largest liquid-argon neutrino detector in the world has just recorded its first particle tracks, signaling the start of a new chapter in t... -
September 23, 2018Study: Emissions from most diesel cars i...
Real-word driving produces up to 16 times more emissions, causing 2,700 premature deaths across the EU, researchers estimate. -
September 18, 2018Smoothing out sketches’ rough edges
MIT-developed tool improves automated image vectorization, saving digital artists time and effort. -
September 15, 2018Mitochondria come together to kill cance...
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September 14, 2018Helping computers fill in the gaps betwe...
Machine learning system efficiently recognizes activities by observing how objects change in only a few key frames.
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Space/ AstroPhysics
ESA’s Earth Explorer Aeo...
ESA’s Earth Explorer Aeolus satellite has been launched into polar orbit on a Vega rocket. Using revolutionary laser technology, Aeolus will measure...
Health
Kidney cancer’s deve...
Reported in the journal Science, this study could lead to the development of completely new methods of treating kidney cancers, which could persuade t...
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First particle tracks seen in prototype for international neutrino experiment
Geneva–The largest liquid-argon neutrino detector in the world has just recorded its first particle tracks, signaling the start of a new chapter in the story of the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE).
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Environment
Giant clams tell the story...
A highly precise method to determine past typhoon occurrences from giant clam shells has been developed, with the hope of using this method to predict...
Tech/Biz
Madison startup completing...
NovoMoto, a spinoff from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is finishing its first 100 solar lighting installations in the Democratic Republic of ...
Features
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How Africans developed sci...
New book by MIT Associate Professor Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga explores science in action in Africa.
- August 5, 2018
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Dangol conferred with scie...
Journalist Laxman Dangol, who has been working in the field of science related journalism for a decade, has been conferred with Science and Technology...
- July 6, 2018
Science Talk
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Telling tales: how scientists can use stories
Beyond the Journal: The science of communicating research with the public — How can stories help when explaining complex research? Our regular c...
Innovation
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Invention could help diabe...
Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that regulates sugar in the blood. “Normally, you have an automatic pancreas,” says Shawn Michels, a ...
- November 15, 2016
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Driverless-vehicle options...
At MIT’s 2016 Open House last spring, more than 100 visitors took rides on an autonomous mobility scooter in a trial of software designed by researc...
- November 8, 2016
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Deconstructing chit chat
Working closely with speech therapists, Professor Lee and colleagues developed TalkBetter, an app that coaches parents as they converse with their chi...
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Gentle sensors for diagnos...
Flexible, low-cost sensor technology leading to safer and improved diagnoses and treatment of brain disorders has been developed by Saudi Arabia's Kin...
- October 2, 2016
