Seven MIT faculty and 21 additional MIT alumni are among 126 early-career researchers honored with 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
The recipients represent the MIT departments…
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Deep Nanometry reveals hidden nanoparticles
Researchers including those from the University of Tokyo developed Deep Nanometry, an analytical technique combining advanced optical equipment with a noise removal algorithm based on unsupervised deep learning. Deep Nanometry can analyze…
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Breakthrough study challenges long-held beliefs about the shape of atomic nuclei
An international research collaboration led by the University of Surrey’s Nuclear Physics Group has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of llead-208 (²⁰⁸Pb) is perfectly spherical. The discovery challenges fundamental…
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Another way longer paternity leaves help new parents
A longer paternity leave after the birth of a child can improve the co-parenting relationship between moms and dads in a key way, a new study finds.
Researchers found that mothers were less likely to discourage fathers’ involvement in parenting…
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Designing Resilient Soft Robots Using Controlled Failure Mechanisms
How can programmed failure protocols help improve sheet-based fluidic devices, the latter of which have become a cornerstone in enhancing soft robotics worldwide? This is what a recent study published in Cell…
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White Dwarf Stars Could Host Habitable Exoplanets
Could white dwarf stars host habitable exoplanets that might support life as we know it? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as an international team of…
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Big birds like emus are technical innovators, according to University of Bristol researchers
BYLINE: Laura Thomas
Large birds – our closest relations to dinosaurs – are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food.
This is the first…
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B Cells Found to Help Predict Therapeutic Response
Immunotherapy is the form of treatment that redirects the immune system toward a pathogen or disease. In many cases, immunotherapy is referred to treating cancer. As tumors progress, they secrete proteins and…
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AI system achieves near-perfect accuracy in detecting toxic gases
Feb 20, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) When a chemical plant leaked toxic gas in Texas in 2014, first responders couldn’t quickly determine which specific compounds… Continue Reading
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Biological sex is not as simple as male or female
Sex is messy.
It’s not just about chromosomes. Or reproductive cells. Or any other binary metric. Many genetic, environmental and developmental variations can produce what are thought of as masculine and feminine traits in the same…
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