To expand the periodic table, it might be time to go titanium.
A new study lays the groundwork to expand the periodic table with a search for element 120, to be made by slamming electrically charged titanium atoms, or ions,…
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There is mathematical proof in the pudding
In blockchain development, there is a rule of thumb that only two of scalability, security, and decentralization are valid simultaneously. However, the mathematical expression of that rule was still a work in progress.
Now, a team of researchers…
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Rare-Earth Metal-Bearing Minerals on Ocean Floor Produce Oxygen, Scientists Say
Researchers from the Scottish Association for Marine Science and colleagues have discovered that the polymetallic nodule-covered abyssal seafloor in the Pacific Ocean produces the so-called ‘dark oxygen.’
A polymetallic nodule, collected…
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In a seafloor surprise, metal-rich chunks may generate deep-sea oxygen
In an unexpected twist, metal-rich nodules found on the seafloor are generating oxygen, new research suggests. This meager but steady supply of the vital gas may help support seafloor ecosystems in areas currently targeted for deep-sea…
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License plates of MIT | MIT News
What does your license plate say about you?
In the United States, more than 9 million vehicles carry personalized “vanity” license plates, in which preferred words, digits, or phrases replace an otherwise…
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The Visual Haystacks Benchmark! – The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog
Humans excel at processing vast arrays of visual information, a skill that is crucial for achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). Over the decades, AI researchers have developed Visual Question Answering (VQA) systems…
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Can bioluminescent ‘milky seas’ be predicted?
For the first time, a scientist has used ocean and atmospheric data to find a milky sea, a huge expanse of luminous water, in past satellite images.
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Math program promotes global community for at-risk Ukrainian high schoolers | MIT News
When Sophia Breslavets first heard about Yulia’s Dream, the MIT Department of Mathematics’ Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science (PRIMES) for Ukrainian students, Russia had just invaded her…
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Sulfur was key to the first water on Earth
A chemical element that’s not even in H2O — sulfur — is the reason Earth first got its water, a new study finds, bolstering a similar claim made a year ago. The discovery means our planet was born with all it needed to create its…
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