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Cardiac development needs more than protein-coding genes
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 29 Jan 2013
Storing data in individual molecules
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 24 Jan 2013
An international team of researchers demonstrates the possibility of molecular memory near room temperature that promises a 1,000-fold increase in storage density
Wind in the willows boosts biofuel production
22 Jan 2013
Willow trees cultivated for green energy can yield up to five times more biofuel if they grow diagonally, compared with those that are allowed to grow naturally up towards the sky.
Astronomers identify largest structure in the universe
14 Jan 2013
The discovered structure is so large that it challenges Albert Einstein’s cosmological principle, which assumes that the universe, when viewed at a sufficiently large scale, looks the same irrespective of wherever you are observing it from
New qubit control bodes well for future of quantum computing
By By Eric Gershon | 12 Jan 2013
Chips that can steer light
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 10 Jan 2013
How to stop leaks — the way blood does
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 09 Jan 2013
Scintillating star: More sparkle with two eyes
08 Jan 2013
How the kilogram has put on weight
08 Jan 2013
Using a state-of-the-art Theta-probe XPS machine, a research team has shown the original kilogram is likely to be tens of micrograms heavier than it was when the first standard was set in 1875
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05 Jan 2013
Researchers demonstrate record-setting p-type transistor
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 04 Jan 2013
The new transistor also features what’s called a trigate design, which could solve some of the problems that plague computer circuits at extremely small sizes
Smartphones turn into secure, versatile keys
03 Jan 2013
Chemical analysis of vessels reveals cheesemaking 7,000 years ago
24 Dec 2012
Using lipid biomarker and stable isotope analysis, researchers examined preserved fatty acids trapped in the fabric of the pottery and showed that the sieves had been used for processing dairy products
Soybeans a source of valuable chemical
22 Dec 2012
MIT researchers discover a new kind of magnetism
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 20 Dec 2012
Following up on earlier theoretical predictions, MIT researchers have now demonstrated experimentally the existence of a fundamentally new kind of magnetic behaviour, adding to the two previously known states of magnetism
AI computer programme develops video game
19 Dec 2012
The inspiration for an artificially intelligent computer program that could create games grew out of work aimed at making computers more creative and inventive
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