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MIT engineers have devised a new way to analyze biologics as they are being produced. After proteins enter a nanofilter array device, they are directed to one side of the wall. This narrow line of proteins then encounters a series of slanted filters with tiny pores, designed so that smaller proteins will fit through them easily, while larger proteins will move along the diagonal for some distance ...

Speeding up quality control for biologics

Nanofluidic device enables rapid testing of protein drugs produced by living cells.

May 22, 2017

Engineers have designed a microfluidic device they call a “tree-on-a-chip,” which mimics the pumping mechanism of trees and other plants.

Engineers design “tree-on-a-chip”

Microfluidic device generates passive hydraulic power, may be used to make small robots move.

March 20, 2017

Mapping the effects of crystal defects

Study sheds light on interactions that change the way heat and electricity move through microchips.

March 14, 2017

While most solid materials expand with heat, this 3-D-printed structure, designed by MIT engineers, is designed to shrink, based on the stretching and pulling of its internal beams and trusses.

3-D-printed structures shrink when heated

Counterintuitive “metamaterial” may enable heat-resistant circuit boards.

October 25, 2016

MIT scientists have identified a way to enhance the long-term benefit of exposure therapy in rats, offering a way to improve the therapy in people suffering from phobias and more complicated conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Pinpointing a brain circuit that can keep fears at bay

Study suggests path to prolonging treatment effectiveness for phobias or post-traumatic stress disorder.

September 26, 2016

This computational illustration shows a graphene network structure below a layer of water.

How to power up graphene implants without frying cells

New analysis finds way to safely conduct heat from graphene to biological tissues.

September 23, 2016

This diagram demonstrates the simplified results that can be obtained by using quantum analysis on enormous, complex sets of data. Shown here are the connections between different regions of the brain in a control subject (left) and a subject under the influence of the psychedelic compound psilocybin (right). This demonstrates a dramatic increase in connectivity, which explains some of the drug’...

A new quantum approach to big data

System for handling massive digital datasets could make impossibly complex problems solvable.

January 25, 2016

NASA's "Valkyrie" robot is 6 feet tall and weighs 290 pounds. Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory will test and develop the bot for future space missions.

NASA gives MIT a humanoid robot to develop software for future space missions

Team led by Professor Russ Tedrake of CSAIL to develop algorithms for 6-foot-tall “Valkyrie” robot to travel to Mars and beyond.

November 17, 2015

MIT professor of biological engineering Christopher Voigt

Engineering biology

With a new DARPA contract, biological engineer Christopher Voigt aims to harness the power of living cells.

September 24, 2015

MIT's Stata Center, which houses the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

CSAIL joins with Toyota on $25 million research center for autonomous cars

Seeking to reduce traffic casualties, center will focus on robotics and artificial intelligence systems.

September 4, 2015

A bipedal robot with human reflexes

New human-machine interface keeps robot balanced, with human reflexes.

August 10, 2015

A still from a video of MIT's first DARPA Robotics Challenge run, where they scored 7 points.

Robotics competition generated groundbreaking research

MIT team based robotic control algorithms on cutting-edge theory.

June 11, 2015

MIT team places sixth at international DARPA Robotics Challenge

CSAIL team just misses winning the grand prize after programming a 400-lb humanoid robot to lift beams, climb stairs, and drive a car.

June 8, 2015

MIT Atlas humanoid robot for the DARPA Robotics Challenge

Robotic challenger

MIT team prepares to meet 24 others in $2 million DARPA competition to develop disaster-assistance robots.

June 3, 2015

MIT researchers have trained their robotic cheetah to see and jump over hurdles as it runs — making this the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously.

MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump

Robot sees, clears hurdles while bounding at 5 mph.

May 29, 2015

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