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Will the vegetables of the future be fortified using tiny needles?

Will the vegetables of the future be fortified using tiny needles?

Researchers showed they can inexpensively produce silk microneedles to deliver vitamins or agrochemicals to plants.

May 2, 20257 min read
Nepal’s Reshu Bashyal Wins 2025 Whitley Award for Addressing Poaching of Orchids and Yews

Nepal’s Reshu Bashyal Wins 2025 Whitley Award for Addressing Poaching of Orchids and Yews

UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), is recognizing Nepal’s Reshu Bashyal with a 2025 Whitley Award…

May 1, 20255 min read
Researchers Develop Smart Adhesive Electrode That Avoids Nerve Damage

Researchers Develop Smart Adhesive Electrode That Avoids Nerve Damage

The newly developed electrode features soft actuation technology that transforms it from a flat two-dimensional shape into a…

Apr 30, 20254 min read
New electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses 

New electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses 

MIT engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals and could reduce the bulk of…

Apr 28, 20257 min read
MIT engineers print synthetic “metamaterials” that are both strong and stretchy

MIT engineers print synthetic “metamaterials” that are both strong and stretchy

In metamaterials design, the name of the game has long been “stronger is better.”

Apr 27, 20257 min read
Immune system warriors predict the future of autoimmune blood vessel disease

Immune system warriors predict the future of autoimmune blood vessel disease

Neutrophils, one of the immune system’s warriors, thought to be all the same, turn out to be diverse.

Apr 26, 20253 min read

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Rice University’s Richards-Kortum, Vardi elected to National Academy of Sciences 

Rice University’s Richards-Kortum, Vardi elected to National Academy of Sciences 

ByRevoScienceMay 15, 20155 min read

Bioengineer, computer scientist join elite list of dual-academy members HOUSTON – Rice University bioengineer Rebecca Richards-Kortum and computer scientist Moshe Vardi have joined the elite group of scientists elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. Richards-Kortum, Rice’s Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering, […]

The 3rd International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-3)

The 3rd International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-3)

ByAmrita TuladharApr 23, 20152 min read

This international symposium brings together world-class scientists in biology and chemistry, including, Dr. Ashraf Brik (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) and Dr. Feng Zhang (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard,…

The real cost of child care revealed at global business technology event

The real cost of child care revealed at global business technology event

ByAmrita TuladharApr 22, 20154 min read

A ground breaking system that allows Australian families to clearly and simply work out their childcare entitlements from the Australian Government, will be unveiled at global business technology event CeBIT next month 5-7…

MIT to publish new report examining U.S. innovation deficit on April 27

MIT to publish new report examining U.S. innovation deficit on April 27

ByAmrita TuladharApr 22, 20154 min read

Report details impacts of declining research investment and benefits of renewed support in critical fields like cybersecurity, infectious disease, plant biology, and Alzheimer’s.  CAMBRIDGE— On Monday, April 27th, MIT will release…