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For all the ways that humans have toyed with nature, how we grow and extract materials from the forest and fields remains fundamentally unchanged.The researchers grew wood-like plant tissue in the lab

One concept for a fusion pilot plant from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Plans to build a prototype fusion power plant in the United States have come into tighter focus, as a new report la

Her area of interest is free-roaming horses, a population that is growing in the United States: the number of federally managed mustangs in the western states is projected to reach 2.“It’s become

Now MIT scientists using idealized simulations of cloud dynamics have found that low-lying clouds with high aerosol concentrations are less likely to release water as rain.Instead, their water evapor

Robot design is usually a painstaking process, but MIT researchers have developed a system that helps automate the task.Once it’s told which parts you have—such as wheels, joints, and body segmen

Newman, whose work has integrated engineering, design, and biomedical research with an eye to improving human performance in space, is well known for developing the BioSuit, an advanced “second ski

Now a study from MIT has found that to our brains, the longings we feel during isolation are indeed similar to the food cravings we feel when hungry.“People who are forced to be isolated crave socia

Contact tracing works best as part of what experts sometimes call the Swiss cheese model, which involves layering several strategies.For covid, the appropriate layers would include comprehensive testi

Online learning is a flexible, convenient route to self-improvement.') In most cases, after you complete the course, you can choose to receive a verified certificate for a small fee to add to your res

The sub-category of soft robotics has transformed the way many think about the field.Oft-influenced by natural phenomenon, the technology offers a dramatically different approach than the sort of rigi