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Tag: MITWearable Sensors Watch Workers Sensors that track social behavior highlight the benefits of face-to-face interaction. Fleets of robotic aircraft could improve weather forecasts. Nanotubes Track Cellular Toxins Tiny sensors can monitor cancer-causing agents and chemotherapy drugs in cells. Better Control for Fusion Power A new control process may enable practical fusion reactors. Efficient Thin-Film Solar Cells The first prototype cell to use photonic crystals looks promising. Treatments are being tested for three inherited forms. A new way to print quantum dots could lead to brighter, more power-efficient displays. New designs for materials that repel all liquids. Polymer patches hitched to the surfaces of immune cells can transport a variety of cargo. An artificial scaffold helps engineered heart cells better mimic real ones. New designs could decrease the chances that nuclear materials will fall into the hands of terrorists. A smart card's RFID chip reveals the algorithms that control it. A Model for Hurricane Evacuation Software developed at MIT could save lives and money by improving hurricane planning. Vibrating Cells Disclose Their Ailments MIT researchers gauge the progress of malaria using a novel imaging technique. Virus-Assembled Microbatteries Researchers at MIT used a virus to assemble two major components of a working microbattery. |
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