Health and Healthcare Systems
MIT invented a wearable ultrasound device that detects breast cancer
Wearable this ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier than mammograms. It's more comfortable and can be used frequently.
Anne Trafton is a guest contributor to MIT News.
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Wearable patch can painlessly deliver drugs through the skin
MIT researchers have developed a wearable patch that applies painless ultrasonic waves to the skin to create tiny channels that drugs can pass through.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Neuroscientists identify cells especially vulnerable to Alzheimer’s
MIT researchers have identified a subset of neurons in part of the hypothalamus most susceptible to the neurodegeneration linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
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Here's why adding microparticles to our food could prevent vitamin A deficiency
Adding new polymer particles containing vitamin A in foods could tackle vitamin A deficiency and help improve the health of millions of people around the world, experts say.
Nature and Biodiversity
What drives ecosystems to instability?
With only limited information, MIT researchers have been able to predict the circumstances under which an ecosystem will be stable or unstable.
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Women are still being excluded from autism studies, but why?
Most autism studies have low numbers of female subjects. This makes it harder to offer accurate diagnoses and may lead to shortcomings in defining autism.
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This breakthrough could protect your good gut bacteria from antibiotics
Engineers at MIT have developed a solution to protect good gut bacteria from the harmful side effects of antibiotics.
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The scientist hoping to reinvent how we treat chronic pain
Fan Wang, MIT Professor, studies how the brain controls pain and hopes to develop new treatments that could help millions of people with chronic pain.
Emerging Technologies
How language affects how we think about numbers: new study
Researchers have found a relationship between the counting ability of Tsimane’ people and their ability to do matching tasks with numbers up to about 25.
Emerging Technologies
New lightweight material is stronger than steel and as light as plastic
The new material is a two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets and could be used as a lightweight, durable coating for car parts or cell phones.
This light-powered catalyst mimics photosynthesis
The new molecule, known as a biohybrid photocatalyst, can improve the yield of chemical reactions for generating pharmaceuticals and other useful compounds.
Scientists have found a key difference between human and animal brains
MIT neuroscientists have shown that human neurons have a much smaller number of ion channels, compared to the neurons of other mammals, impacting energy.
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Why do our brains choose the 'pointiest path' over the fastest route?
A new MIT study suggests that our brains are actually not optimized to calculate the so-called 'shortest path' when navigating on foot.
Nature and Biodiversity
These engineers have created plants that can emit light - and be recharged
Using nanoparticles that store and gradually release light, engineers create light-emitting plants that can be charged repeatedly.
Health and Healthcare Systems
New device can diagnose COVID-19 from saliva samples
Engineers at MIT and Harvard University have developed a new tabletop test for COVID-19 that research suggests is as accurate as existing PCR tests.