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First solid-state airplane, with no jets or propellers, flown at MIT

Nov 21, 2018

A solid-state airplane without jets or propellers, and with no moving parts at all, has successfully taken flight for the first time, opening the door to carbon-neutral air travel, according to The Guardian. Th...

Scientists test hydrogel robots for intelligence and medical applications

West Side Story

Feb 8, 2017

Health, Innovation, Science

Researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have developed a robot that is nearly transparent, can function in water, and execute fine motor control. In a demonstration, a model robot can be seen...

MIT Study unearths Bombardier Beetle’s Machine-Gun Bum mechanism

Cody Gash

May 3, 2015

Innovation

MIT, Cambridge - It may be just a small insect, but the Bombardier Beetle releases a nasty-smelling liquid with gun smoke whenever it senses dangers. Doctoral students at MIT carried out a research that has ...

Researchers at MIT finds two rings around minor planet Chiron

Cody Gash

Mar 17, 2015

Innovation

MIT - Researchers have now confirmed the presence of two rings around minor planet, Chiron, which is somewhere between Saturn and Uranus. Scientists and astronomers have conducted about 90 different tests befor...

MIT researchers use sodium polyacrylate, a compound used in diapers, to enlarge brain samples

Amanda

Jan 19, 2015

Innovation

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with an inexpensive technique for enlarging brain samples and studying them more closely. This new technique makes use of commonly ava...

Backed by an award committee, study finds men are stupider than women

Charles Omedo

Dec 12, 2014

Health, Innovation

In a Male Idiot Theory (MIT) currently being researched by scientists, it has emerged that men tend to be naturally stupider than women in many things, and this is not unrelated to their risk-taking behavior an...

Twitter provides MIT with $10 million to analyse tweets

Abby Smith

Oct 2, 2014

Innovation

Twitter is going to provide MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with no less than $10 million to analyse every tweet that went out since the service started back in the year 2006. MIT is going to use th...

MIT Scientists research clears the story of “face or man in the moon”

Charles Omedo

Oct 2, 2014

Innovation

Have you ever looked up at the sky on a clear evening and seen the facial outline of a man in the moon? Have you also ever wondered what could have formed the facial outlines of a perpetual man on the moon? Wel...

MIT researchers take inspiration from Mussels Shellfish to develop stronger waterproof glue

Platonium

Sep 23, 2014

Innovation

MIT engineers have created a new stronger waterproof glue inspired by Inspired by natural adhesives secreted by shellfishes like mussels and barnacles, that can be used to repair ships and even heal wounds and ...

MIT researchers develop material for next generation skin like spacesuits

Abby Smith

Sep 18, 2014

Innovation

NASA and other space and research organization have been trying very hard to develop a suit that allows astronauts to move freely and at the same it is not hefty. MIT scientists have developed a new suit that c...

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