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Ingestible Sensor Could Help Doctors Pinpoint GI Difficulties
An ingestible sensor can be monitored as it travels through the digestive tract, helping doctors to diagnose gastrointestinal ailments more precisely.
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AI Model Can Detect Future Lung Cancer Risk
A new artificial intelligence tool can perform lung cancer risk assessments without the help of a radiologist.
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Reasserting U.S. Leadership in Microelectronics
MIT researchers lay out a strategy for how universities can help the U.S. regain its place as a semiconductor superpower.
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Quantum Computing Architecture Could Connect Large-Scale Devices
A new quantum computing architecture can facilitate extensible, high-fidelity communication between superconducting quantum chips.
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This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain on Code
Researchers found that the brain's demand and language systems encode specific code properties that correlate with machine-learned representations.
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Computational System Streamlines Design of Fluidic Devices
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers were part of a team that built a new system to simplify the process of designing fluidic devices.
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Breaking the Scaling Limits of Analog Computing
New technique could diminish errors that hamper the performance of super-fast analog optical neural networks.
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Study Urges Caution When Comparing Neural Networks to the Brain
A study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers revealed the difficulty of comparing neural networks to the brain.
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Engineers Build Battery-Free, Wireless Underwater Camera
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have developed a battery-free, wireless underwater camera.
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Engineers Fabricate a Chip-Free, Wireless Electronic 'Skin'
MIT engineers have devised a wearable sensor that communicates wirelessly without requiring onboard chips or batteries.
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Researchers Discover Major Roadblock in Alleviating Network Congestion
Researchers found congestion control algorithms fail to prevent certain users from taking up all the bandwidth.
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Using AI to Control Digital Manufacturing
An international team of researchers taught a machine learning system with computer vision to monitor and control three-dimensional printing in real time.
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Smart Textiles Sense How Their Users Are Moving
Researchers have fabricated smart textiles that can sense their wearer's posture and motions.
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MIT Engineers Devise Recipe for Improving Any Autonomous Robotic System
A general-purpose optimizer aims to speed development of autonomous robotic systems by using an optimization code that automatically determines how to boost performance...
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Robotic Lightning Bugs Take Flight
Fireflies inspired researchers to build flying, light-emitting robots that facilitate motion tracking and communication.
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Model Helps Identify Mutations That Drive Cancer
Researchers created a probabilistic computer model that rapidly scans the genome of cancer cells to identify cancer-driving mutations.
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Engineers Build LEGO-Like AI Chip
An international team of researchers has developed an artificial intelligence chip that is stackable and reconfigurable, similar to LEGO bricks.
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Stronger Security for Smart Devices
Two new security techniques block power and electromagnetic side-channel attacks targeting analog-to-digital converters in smart devices.
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CRISPR-Based Map Ties Every Human Gene to Its Function
A group of researchers have published the first comprehensive functional map of genes expressed in human cells.
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