Osaka, Japan – Mitochondria are constantly dividing and fusing within our cells, reshaping themselves to keep up with the cell’s changing needs. Sometimes, though, things go awry and mitochondria can grow abnormally long. Are these…
Pushy robots learn the fundamentals of object manipulation
Systems “learn” from novel dataset that captures how pushed objects move, to improve their physical interactions with new objects. MIT researchers have compiled a dataset that captures the detailed behavior of a robotic system physically…
IDC Addresses the Digital Economy and Its Impact…
Over the past five years, International Data Corporation (IDC) has been documenting the rise of the digital economy and the digital transformation that organizations must undergo to compete and survive in this economy. As the…
Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level…
Study finds even the tallest ice cliffs should support their own weight rather than collapsing catastrophically Antarctica’s ice sheet spans close to twice the area of the contiguous United States, and its land boundary is…
“Electroadhesive” stamp picks up and puts down microscopic…
New technique could enable assembly of circuit boards and displays with more minute components If you were to pry open your smartphone, you would see an array of electronic chips and components laid out across…