A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
From mice, clues to microbiome’s influence on metabolic…
[caption id="attachment_11623" align="alignnone" width="775"] Nacho Vivas, lab manager at the Rey Lab in the Bacteriology Department, checks on a group of germ-free mice inside a sterile lab environment. PHOTO: BRYCE RICHTER[/caption] The community of microorganisms…
High-sensitivity cameras reveal the atomic structure of metal-organic…
Highly sensitive electron cameras allow researchers to see the atomic structure of metal-organic frameworks. [caption id="attachment_11619" align="alignnone" width="624"] Symmetry-imposed and lattice-averaged HRTEM image of the metal–organic framework ZIF-8 (black and white) with a structural model…
Measuring “diagnostic intensity”
New study maps U.S. regions where patients appear more ill than they are. [caption id="attachment_11616" align="alignnone" width="639"] A new study co-authored by MIT scholars shows regions of the U.S. where medical providers are most likely…
Income inequality linked to export “complexity”
The mix of products that countries export is a good predictor of income distribution, study finds. [caption id="attachment_11604" align="alignnone" width="607"] MIT Professor César Hidalgo and his colleagues argue that everything else being equal, the complexity…