The new word in home construction could be “plastics”
Single-use plastics are a persistent source of environmental pollution, and the need to house a growing global population puts increasing pressure on resources such as timber. MIT engineers have an idea that could make a dent in both problems at once. In a recent study, a team led by mechanical engineering professor David Hardt, SM…
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A natural protein may protect the GI tract from infection
Embedded in the body’s mucosal surfaces, proteins called lectins bind to sugars found on cell surfaces. A team led by MIT chemistry professor Laura Kiessling has found that one such protein, intelectin-2, both helps fortify the mucosal barrier and offers broad-spectrum protection against harmful bacteria found in the GI tract. Intelectin-2 binds to a sugar…
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This tool could show how consciousness works
How does the physical matter in our brains translate into thoughts, sensations, and emotions? It’s hard to explore that question without neurosurgery. But in a recent paper, MIT philosopher Matthias Michel, Lincoln Lab researcher Daniel Freeman, and colleagues outline a strategy for doing so with an emerging tool called transcranial focused ultrasound. This noninvasive technology…
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Early life may have breathed oxygen earlier than believed
Around 2.3 billion years ago, a pivotal period known as the Great Oxidation Event set the evolutionary course for oxygen-breathing life on Earth. But MIT geobiologists and colleagues have found evidence that some early forms of life evolved the ability to use oxygen hundreds of millions of years before that. By mapping enzyme sequences from…
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Analog computing from waste heat
Heat generated by electronic devices is usually a problem, but a team led by Giuseppe Romano, a research scientist at MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, has found a way to use it for data processing that doesn’t rely on electricity. In this analog computing method, input data is encoded not as binary 1s and 0s…
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Get ready for hotter, muggier, stormier summers
A long stretch of humid heat followed by a powerful thunderstorm is a familiar weather pattern in the tropics, but it’s also becoming more common in midlatitude regions such as the US Midwest. A recent study by two MIT scientists identifies a key atmospheric condition that determines how hot, humid, and stormy such a region…
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Recent books from the MIT community
Priority Technologies: Ensuring US Security and Shared ProsperityEdited by Elisabeth B. Reynolds, professor of the practice of urban studies and planning and former executive director of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the FutureMIT PRESS, 2026, $24.95 The Shape of Wonder: How Scientists Think, Work, and LiveBy Alan Lightman, professor of the practice…
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At MIT, AI has become so pervasive that you can almost find your way into it without meaning to. Take Sili Deng, an associate professor of mechanical engineering. Deng says she still doesn’t know whether she’d have gone all in on artificial intelligence had it not been for the covid pandemic. She had joined the faculty…
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Inventor recalls eye imaging breakthrough
If you’ve been to an eye doctor and had an image taken of the inside of your eye, chances are good it was done with optical coherence tomography (OCT)—a technology invented by clinician-scientist David Huang ’85, SM ’89, PhD ’93, and now used in 40 million procedures per year. OCT is a noninvasive technique used…
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Caring for service dogs
Brenda Schafer Kennedy, SM ’93, knows that sometimes the best medicine comes with four legs and fur. Kennedy is the chief veterinary and research officer for Canine Companions, a California-based, nationwide organization that provides assistance dogs at no cost to children, veterans, and adults with disabilities. “The need is enormous: One in four people in…
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[WIS 2026] LGU+ '보이스 AI' 경쟁력 알린다
LG유플러스가 창사 이래 처음으로 국내 최대 정보통신기술(ICT) 전시회 '월드IT쇼(WIS) 2026'에 참가한다. 통신사업자의 강점인 음성(Voice) 영역을 앞세워 인공지능(AI) 기술을 선보이고, 개인 일상과 업무 환경을 연결하는 AI 서비스 청사진을 제시한다.
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[WIS 2026] 강병준 전자신문 대표 인사말
대한민국 ICT 산업의 현주소를 진단하고 미래 비전을 제시하는 국내 최대 정보통신기술 전시회, '2026 월드IT쇼(WIS 2026)'가 그 화려한 막을 올립니다. 급변하는 기술 패러다임 속에서 혁신의 길을 찾고자 애쓰시는 산·학·연 관계자 여러분과 전시장을 찾아주신
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[WIS 2026] KT, '이음'으로 AX 기반 미래 기술 선봬
KT는 오는 4월 22일부터 24일까지 서울 강남구 코엑스 C홀에서 열리는 '월드IT쇼 2026(이하 WIS 2026)'에 참가해 전시부스를 운영한다고 21일 밝혔다. KT는 이번 전시에서 '이음'을 주제로, AI 기술과 네트워크를 중심으로 일상과 산업, 미래를 연결하
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이통 3사 긴급구조 위치정보 정확도 개선…SKT·KT 전반적 우수
소방·경찰 등 긴급구조기관에 제공되는 이동통신 3사 위치정보 정확도가 개선된 것으로 나타났다. 방송미디어통신위원회는 21일 이통 3사와 휴대전화 단말기를 대상으로 실시한 '2025년 긴급구조 위치정보 품질 측정 결과'를 발표했다. 방미통위는 전국 170개 지점에서 이통
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관광공사, '텍스트힙 X 로컬여행' 개최…전국109종 서체 전시
한국관광공사는 6월 21일까지 서울 중구 하이커그라운드 4층에서 지역 서체와 관광을 결합한 기획전시 '텍스트힙(Text-Hip) X 로컬여행'을 개최한다고 21일 밝혔다. 이번 전시는 최근 MZ세대를 중심으로 확산되고 있는 '텍스트힙'과 필사 트렌드를 지역 관광과 접목
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[WIS 2026] 기아, AI 전동화 모빌리티 기업 선언
기아가 '2026 월드IT쇼'에서 전기차 전용 플랫폼 기반 EV5와 PV5를 선보이고 '인공지능(AI) 전동화 모빌리티 솔루션 기업' 청사진을 공개한다. 기아가 AI 전동화 모빌리티 전환 일환으로 EV5에 적용한 '기아 AI 어시스턴트'는 생성형 AI 기반 차량과 고객
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