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…
“Junior republics,” a unique concept in the history…
Peter Dizikes, MIT News Photo: M. Scott Brauer CAMBRIDGE, Mass -- Around 1900, the famed Baedeker’s travel guide began listing a new tourist sight in Freeville, New York: the “George Junior Republic,” a miniature United States…
NIH Invests $250 M in COVID-19 Testing innovation
For Scale Up 'Manufacturing' purpose the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is committing nearly $250 million to seven companies with COVID-19 testing innovations that were selected through a “Shark Tank approach.” Quidel’s Sofia 2 point-of-care…
The Philippines, the US, and a century of…
Christopher Capozzola’s new book examines how military engagement has shaped social connections between the two nations. MIT Historian Christopher Capozzola is the author of the new book, “Bound by War: How the United States and…
Researcher developed new smart soft materials
Scientists synthesized pH-responsive dendronized polymers by C1 polymerization of dendron-containing diazoacetates, and demonstrated a unique pH-responsive behavior of the resulting polymers. According to Ehime University these achievements will contribute to progress in the field of…