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…
Ten “keys to reality” from Nobel laureate Frank…
By Jennifer Chu CAMBRIDGE, Mass.(MIT News Office) --In the spring of 1970, colleges across the country erupted with student protests in response to the Vietnam War and the National Guard’s shooting of student demonstrators at…
NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station to Answer Questions…
Students from across the country will have an opportunity this week to ask questions of NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 12:20 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 7, on…
High-speed atomic force microscopy visualizes cell protein factories
Ribosomes are the complexes of ribonucleoproteins at the heart of protein synthesis in cells. However in the absence of conclusive evidence, how these complexes operate has been open to debate. Now Hirotatsu Imai and Noriyuki…
Scientists discover slimy microbes that may help keep…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.(MIT News Office)-- Corals have evolved over millennia to live, and even thrive, in waters with few nutrients. In healthy reefs, the water is often exceptionally clear, mainly because corals have found ways to make…