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Smart pill can track key biological markers in real-time
Smart pill can track key biological markers in real-time

Coupling engineered bacteria with low-power electronics could be highly effective in diagnosis, treatment of bowel diseases.

Jackson Jewett wants to design buildings that use less concrete
Jackson Jewett wants to design buildings that use less concrete

The PhD student is honing algorithms for designing large structures with less material — helping to shrink the construction industry’s huge carbon footprint.

Harnessing hydrogen’s potential to address long-haul trucking emissions
Harnessing hydrogen’s potential to address long-haul trucking emissions

MIT researchers work to transform truck powertrain design, with support from the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium.

MIT engineers design more powerful RNA vaccines
MIT engineers design more powerful RNA vaccines

The new approach could lead to intranasal vaccines for Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases.

Technologies for water conservation and treatment move closer to commercialization
Technologies for water conservation and treatment move closer to commercialization

J-WAFS awards 2023 Solutions Grants to bring two water-related innovations to the market.

How to prevent biofilms in space
How to prevent biofilms in space

Microbial or fungal biofilms on spacecraft can clog hoses and filters, or make astronauts sick. Space Station tests show that a surface treatment can help.

Canceling noise to improve quantum devices
Canceling noise to improve quantum devices

MIT researchers develop a protocol to extend the life of quantum coherence.

MIT researchers win grants to develop and test 14 innovative ideas to improve education
MIT researchers win grants to develop and test 14 innovative ideas to improve education

The Jameel World Education Lab awards more than $900K in Education Innovation Grants to researchers across MIT.

Study suggests energy-efficient route to capturing and converting CO2
Study suggests energy-efficient route to capturing and converting CO2

The findings, based on a single electrochemical process, could help cut emissions from the hardest-to-decarbonize industries, such as steel and cement.

Devices offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication
Devices offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication

The system could be used for battery-free underwater communication across kilometer-scale distances, to aid monitoring of climate and coastal change.

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