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The new origami-inspired muscles are both soft and strong, and can be made for less than $1. (Photo: Pixabay)

Artificial muscles give 'superpowers' to soft robots

Each artificial muscle consists of an inner "skeleton" that can be made of various materials.

28 Nov 2017 1:49 PM

DNA test SHERLOCK can rapidly diagnose diseases and works like a pregnancy test. (Photo: Pixabay)

Paper-based DNA test 'SHERLOCK' can rapidly diagnose diseases

The researchers, including those from Harvard University in the US, previously showcased SHERLOCK's utility for a range...

19 Feb 2018 6:35 AM

Concrete is the one of the most abundantly used material in the world. (Photo: Pixabay)

Future cities may be built with volcanic ash: study

Researchers found that a mixture of the finer powder and cement produced stronger concrete structures.

11 Feb 2018 11:26 AM

Planet Nine does exist, and may be 10 times the mass of the Earth and 20 times away from the Sun than Neptune, NASA scientists say

Huge diamond cache likely buried in Earth's interior: Study

Diamond is not perhaps this exotic mineral, but on the (geological) scale of things, it is relatively common.

16 July 2018 1:36 PM

The free and open-source prototype Private Kit app, was developed by teams at MIT and Harvard as well as software engineers of Facebook and Uber who worked on it in their free time.

Join efforts to trace the coronavirus route map in your locality by...

The MIT prototype Private Kit: Safe Paths app works by sharing location data between users, without revealing who the...

23 March 2020 12:16 PM

Even in the most arid places on Earth, there is some moisture in the air and extracting it could be a key to survival. (Photo: Pixabay)

Novel device can harvest water from desert air

The test device was powered solely by sunlight, and although it was a small proof-of-concept device.

25 March 2018 8:13 AM

Old guidelines assume droplets to be one of two categories, small or large, taking short-range semi-ballistic trajectories when a person exhales, coughs, or sneezes. However based on more recent discoveries, the MIT scientist said, sneezes and coughs are made of a puff cloud that carries ambient air, transporting within it clusters of droplets of a wide range of sizes. (Photo | Wikimedia Common - mcfarlandmo)

An infected person's sneeze could spread coronavirus up to 8 metres:...

Current guidelines may limit the effectiveness of the proposed interventions against the deadly pandemic, the...

1 April 2020 9:54 AM

It was developed by studying how the jaw of Nereis virens a sand worm, forms and adapts in different environments, researchers said.

Worm-inspired material adapts to its environment

The resulting pH- and ion-sensitive material is able to respond and react to its environment.

20 March 2017 9:24 PM

Anantha Chandrakasan

Indian-origin academic Anantha Chandrakasan named dean of MIT's School...

A. Chandrakasan helped students, faculty conduct explore entrepreneurial projects.

24 Jun 2017 9:14 PM