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MIT engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots

MIT engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots

These zinc-air batteries, smaller than a grain of sand, could help miniscule robots sense and respond to their…

Aug 17, 20244 min read
An implantable sensor could reverse opioid overdoses 

An implantable sensor could reverse opioid overdoses 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In 2023, more than 100,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses. The most effective way to…

Aug 16, 20246 min read
MIT chemists synthesize plant-derived molecules that hold potential as pharmaceuticals

MIT chemists synthesize plant-derived molecules that hold potential as pharmaceuticals

MIT chemists have developed a new way to synthesize complex molecules that were originally isolated from plants and…

Aug 14, 20245 min read
Long-distance relationships revealed in the seemingly random behavior of bowhead whales

Long-distance relationships revealed in the seemingly random behavior of bowhead whales

Bowhead whales are among the largest and longest-lived mammals in the world.

Aug 14, 20243 min read
MIT researchers use large language models to flag problems in complex systems 

MIT researchers use large language models to flag problems in complex systems 

Identifying one faulty turbine in a wind farm, which can involve looking at hundreds of signals and millions…

Aug 13, 20246 min read
New substrate material for flexible electronics could help combat e-waste

New substrate material for flexible electronics could help combat e-waste

Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem, and it’s expected to worsen with the production…

Aug 9, 20245 min read

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14th Annual Field Course in Conservation Biology & Global Health: At the Human-Environment Interface 

14th Annual Field Course in Conservation Biology & Global Health: At the Human-Environment Interface 

ByAmrita TuladharJan 21, 20152 min read

Kathmandu– A Training Program for University Students, Journalists, National Park Staff and Professionals has been organized by Nepal Biodiversity Research Society (NEBORS), Kathmandu and University of Washington (UW) Seattle, Washington, USA at the premises of Natural History Museum (NHM) on 2-6 February, 2015. The program is the continuation since a decade back by the generous effort of the […]

Prof. Dr. Rajah Rasiah

University of Malaya’s Professor awarded the 2014 TWAS Celso Furtado Prize

ByAmrita TuladharJan 9, 20153 min read

University of Malaya’s Professor Rajah Rasiah was awarded the 2014 Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). This was in recognition of his pioneering…

$118M gift from MIT alumnus will advance socially responsible and sustainable real estate development

$118M gift from MIT alumnus will advance socially responsible and sustainable real estate development

ByAmrita TuladharJan 8, 20157 min read

Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab to include focus on China. (Cambridge, MA) — MIT has received one of the largest gifts in its history, from alumnus Samuel…

MED-EL Founders Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, and Professor Erwin Hochmair Awarded 2015 Russ Prize from the National Academy of Engineering

MED-EL Founders Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, and Professor Erwin Hochmair Awarded 2015 Russ Prize from the National Academy of Engineering

ByAmrita TuladharJan 8, 20155 min read

The National Academy of Engineering announced today that bioengineering pioneers and MED-EL Medical Electronics GmbH co-founders Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, and Professor Erwin Hochmair have been awarded the 2015 Fritz J.…