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Nanostructures Enable On-Chip Lightwave-Electronic Frequency Mixer

Nanostructures Enable On-Chip Lightwave-Electronic Frequency Mixer

MIT researchers have developed a lightwave-electronic frequency mixer that operates at petahertz frequencies, enabling the possibility of faster communication technologies and advancements in ultrafast signal processing.

New Open-Source Tool Helps to Detangle the Brain

New Open-Source Tool Helps to Detangle the Brain

Researchers have developed NeuroTrALE, an open-source software pipeline that uses machine learning and supercomputing to automate the processing and annotation of brain imaging data, accelerating the creation of detailed brain atlases.

Implantable Sensor Offers Hope in Fight Against Opioid Over

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Implantable Sensor Offers Hope in Fight Against Opioid Over dose

In a breakthrough development, researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have engineered an implantable sensor capable of detecting an opioid overdose and automatically delivering a life-saving dose of naloxone. This innovative device, approximately the size of a stick of gum, promises a n

New Wireless Receiver Combats Interference for Superior Mobile Performance

New Wireless Receiver Combats Interference for Superior Mobile Performance

MIT researchers have developed a novel wireless receiver architecture that effectively combats interference, improving performance in 5G and future 6G devices. This innovation addresses the growing challenge of crowded airwaves as wireless communication demands increase.

A Technique for More Effective Multipurpose Robots

A Technique for More Effective Multipurpose Robots

MIT researchers developed a technique to combine multiple sources of data across domains, modalities, and tasks using a type of generative AI known as diffusion models. This approach enabled a robot to perform multiple tool-use tasks and adapt to new tasks it did not see during training.

Affordable Lead Detection: A New Chip Offers Hope for Clean Water

Affordable Lead Detection: A New Chip Offers Hope for Clean Water

A new, inexpensive chip can detect lead in water at incredibly low concentrations, potentially revolutionizing how we monitor and combat lead contamination.

Better radiation detectors with the inspiration from Tetris

Better radiation detectors with the inspiration from Tetris

The device, based on simple tetromino shapes, could determine the direction and distance of a radiation source, with fewer detector pixels.