MIT researchers are looking to address the significant gap between how quickly robots can process information (relatively slowly), and how fast they can move (very
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The UN created a game about protecting the ozone layer
How do you teach a younger crowd to appreciate and protect the ozone layer? By weaving the science into the games they play, apparently. As
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New metamaterial merges magnetic memory and physical changes
Enlarge For applications like robotics, there’s usually a clear division of labor between the processors that control the robot’s body and the actuators that actually
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Remote workers are greener, but their tech still has a real carbon cost
The massive shift to remote work due to COVID-19 has resulted in a huge reduction in emissions from vehicles and other sources, but it comes
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MIT develops method for lab-grown plants that eventually lead to alternatives to forestry and farming
Researchers at MIT have developed a new method for growing plant tissues in a lab – sort of like how companies and researchers are approaching
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The persistence of memory in B cells: Hints of stability in COVID immunity
Enlarge / The immune response involves a lot of moving parts. (credit: BSIP/Getty Images) There’s still a lot of uncertainty about how exactly the immune
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