January 26, 2021 
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (MIT News)-- Contemporary robots can move quickly. “The motors are fast, and they’re powerful,” says Sabrina Neuman. Yet in complex situations, like interactions with people, robots often don’t move quickly. “The hang up is what’s going on in…
Dan Ackerman CAMBRIDGE, Mass(MIT News Office) -- GPS isn’t waterproof. The navigation system depends on radio waves, which break down rapidly in liquids, including seawater. To track undersea objects like drones or whales, researchers rely on…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ( MIT News Office)-- To capture panoramic views in a single shot, photographers typically use fisheye lenses — ultra-wide-angle lenses made from multiple pieces of curved glass, which distort incoming light to produce wide, bubble-like…
CERN and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) are collaborating to develop the conceptual design of an innovative radiotherapy facility, used for cancer treatment. According to press release, the facility will capitalise on CERN breakthrough accelerator…
Sputnik V' is first vaccine against Covid-19 has registered in Russian Health Ministry on Tuesday. The vaccine was named 'Sputnik V' in reference to the 1957 launch of a Soviet satellite, which opened space to…
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…