deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
Farewell to sentinel-2B
[caption id="attachment_10564" align="alignnone" width="603"] Sentinel-2B in the cleanroom[/caption] Just weeks before Sentinel-2B is packed up and sent to French Guiana for its launch next March, media representatives and specialists got one last look at the…
New capsule achieves long-term drug delivery
Technology could aid in elimination of malaria and treatment of many other diseases. [caption id="attachment_10561" align="alignnone" width="639"] The star-shaped drug delivery device, held here by Giovanni Traverso, a Koch Institute research affiliate, can be folded…
Nanosensors could help determine tumors’ ability to remodel…
Measuring enzyme levels could help doctors select appropriate treatments. [caption id="attachment_10556" align="alignnone" width="543"] MIT researchers have designed nanosensors that can profile tumors and may yield insight into how they will respond to certain therapies.Illustration: Christine…
Japan’s ‘Common Octopus’ Not So Common After All
Madako, which means 'common octopus' in Japanese, referred to Octopus vulgaris for over a century, but a study has found the Japanese common octopus is in fact a different species, Octopus sinensis. Madako, which means…