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MIT researchers have developed an ultra-efficient microchip that can protect wireless biomedical devices, like pacemakers and insulin pumps, from quantum attacks.

New chip can protect wireless biomedical devices from quantum attacks

04.23.26
Under the right conditions, a chaotic mess of laser light can spontaneously self-organize into a highly focused “pencil beam.” This schematic shows the pencil beam formation mechanism.

Self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies

04.27.26
A new physics-based tool developed by MIT engineers reproduces a violin’s sound, and could help violin makers play around with an instrument’s design and tweak its sound even before a single part is carved.

MIT engineers’ virtual violin produces realistic sounds

04.29.26
A new study shows that patterns of molecular activity in the blood may reveal not only a person’s fitness level, but also the biological processes that drive physical performance.

Mapping molecular markers of physical fitness

04.28.26
Irene Tenison, Lalana Kagal and Anna Murphy of the Decentralized Information Group (DIG) developed a new method that could bring more accurate and efficient AI models to high-stakes applications like health care and finance.

Enabling privacy-preserving AI training on everyday devices

04.29.26
The team fabricated ball-and-stick structures resembling tiny lollipops. The structures were less than a millimeter in height, with balls that were smaller than a grain of sand. The balls were infused with magnetic particles.

With a swipe of a magnet, microscopic “magno-bots” perform complex maneuvers

04.28.26
Departments & Institutes
Some 96 million people in the U.S. — about one in three Americans — consider themselves birders, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. With her new book, Professor Lorna Gibson is excited to share her knowledge with that community. “I think engineers will enjoy it because there are engineering pieces to it, but I really wrote it for birders,” she says.

An engineer’s guide to birds

04.30.26