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A paper-thin loudspeaker

The flexible, thin-film device can make any surface into a low-power, high-quality audio source.

A newly designed heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine

The design could someday enable a fully decarbonized power grid.

Brain stores a single memory across many brain regions

This study reflects the most comprehensive description of memory encoding cells or memory engrams.

A new experimental tool reveals how immune cells find their targets

A simple way to identify B or T cells that interact with viral or bacterial proteins.

The dynamics of human milk production

A new analysis shows how milk-producing cells change over time in nursing mothers.

Nomon: System helps severely motor-impaired individuals type more quickly and accurately

A new interface learns how motor-impaired individuals make selections, and then self-adjusts accordingly.

Scientists discovered “secret sauce” behind exotic properties of new quantum material

Work will aid the design of other unusual quantum materials with many potential applications.

MIT’s Mini Cheetah runs at the highest speed ever recorded

The robot learns to run entirely by trial and error in simulation.

New acoustic fabric hears your heartbeat

Inspired by the human ear, a new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals.

Some suspected exoplanets are actually stars

Among thousands of known exoplanets, MIT astronomers flag three that are actually stars.

Microbes and minerals may have set off Earth’s oxygenation

Scientists propose a new mechanism by which oxygen may have first built up in the atmosphere.

A new computational model guides the development of new MOFs materials

Using neural networks to find the properties of MOFs, for catalysis and other applications.

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