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Brain Imaging At Multiple Size Scales
MIT researchers have developed a new technique for imaging brain tissue at multiple scales, allowing them to peer at molecules within cells or take a wider view of the long-range connections between neurons. (Learn more:Â http://news.mit.edu/2016/imaging-brai…) Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Microscopy imagery: Kwanghun Chung, Taeyun Ku, Justin Swaney, and Jeong Yoon Park Stock imagery: Pond5.com Music sampled from, “Clean Soul” by Kevin MacLeod http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kev… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
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New Hydrogel That Doesn’t Dry Out
Engineers at MIT have found a way to prevent hydrogels from dehydrating, with a method that binds hydrogels to elastomers such as rubber and silicone. (Learn more:Â http://news.mit.edu/2016/tough-hydrog…) Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional demo footage: Hyunwoo Yuk Skin layers animation: Pond5.com Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
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Ingestible Origami Robot
Researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have demonstrated a tiny origami robot that can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and, steered by external magnetic fields, crawl across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery or patch a wound. (Learn more about the robot:Â http://mitsha.re/zeUF300969v)Â Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Music sampled from, “Ray Ives” by Tony Higgins http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ton… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
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Engineering A Second Skin
Scientists at MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Living Proof, and Olivo Labs have developed a new material that can temporarily protect and tighten skin, and smooth wrinkles. With further development, it could also be used to deliver drugs to help treat skin conditions such as eczema and other types of dermatitis. (Learn more:Â http://mitsha.re/4bKe3002OEA) Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT XPL face footage courtesy of: Olivo Labs, LLC. XPL animation courtesy of: Olivo Labs, LLC. Music sampled from, “Subdivision of the Masses” by Philipp Weigl http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Phi… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article"…
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Spotting Hidden Activity In Cells
Scientists at MIT, the University of Göttingen, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, the Free University Amsterdam and Yale University have developed a noninvasive technique that can distinguish whether an organelle’s random motion is actively or thermally driven at the cellular level. (Learn more about the technique: http://mitsha.re/4ncRwj) Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT Cell animation: Christine Daniloff/MIT Chlamydomonas image: Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility, Dartmouth College Flagella/Cilia videos courtesy of Nikta Fakhri and Christoph F. Schmidt Music: “Aqua 1” by Rod Hamilton http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rod… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article"…
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Particles Attract Across Long Distances
A team of scientists from MIT has found a new kind of long-range interaction between particles, in a liquid medium, that is based entirely on their motions. And these interactions should apply to any kind of particles that move whether they be living cells or metal particles whirled by magnetic fields. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/unexpected-l…) Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT Particle videos courtesy of Josh Steimel, Juan Aragones and Alfredo Alexander-Katz Music sampled from, “Out” by Ryan Cross http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rya… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts…
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Chocolate-Inspired Theory Predicts Thickness Of Coatings
Inspired by the making of chocolate confections like hollow chocolate eggs and bonbons, a group of researchers at MIT in collaboration with a team from EPFL in Switzerland, have developed a rapid fabrication technique and a theory that accurately predicts the final thickness of a shell of a known material given the original rheological properties of the material and the geometry of the mold used for the coating. (Learn more:http://news.mit.edu/2016/chocolate-co…)Â Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Music sampled from, “Ambynt” by Steve Combs http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ste… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article"…
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Processing Emotions – MIT News
A new study from MIT reveals how two populations of neurons in the brain contribute to the process of assigning emotional associations to specific events. They hope this could shed light on mental illnesses and how to treat them best. (Learn more:Â http://news.mit.edu/2016/brain-proces…) Read the paper:Â http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S… Tye Lab:Â http://tyelab.org/ Picower Institute for Learning and Memory:Â https://picower.mit.edu/ MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences:Â https://bcs.mit.edu/ Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT Neuron imaging: Anna Beyeler and Craig Wildes from the Laboratory of Kay Tye Stock imagery: Pond5.com Music sampled from, ” Secret Place” by Alex Fitch http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ale… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To…
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Making Creativity Visible: The MIT Museum Studio and Compton Gallery
Located in the heart of campus under the big dome, the MIT Museum Studio and Compton Gallery is a changing exhibition space where visitors encounter a wide range of student-developed exhibitions that encompass the varied fields of science, technology, architecture, history, and art. (Learn more about the studio:Â https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/STS/…) Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Music sampled from, “All The Pieces Come Together” by Dave Depper http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dav… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website
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Rogue Wave Prediction – MIT News
A new prediction tool developed by MIT engineers may give sailors a 2-3 minute warning of an incoming rogue wave, providing them with enough time to shut down essential operations on a ship or offshore platform. (Learn more:Â http://mitsha.re/YIAH6) Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Rogue wave simulation tool courtesy of Themis Sapsis/MIT Mechanical Engineering Vessel at sea footage courtesy of Bigwavemaster1 (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu26D…) Music sampled from, “New England is Interesting” by BOPD http://freemusicarchive.org/music/BOP… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… Guest AuthorAll Guest Author Posts are submitted or additional content Wave Chronicle has added to the website. To be a Guest Author please visit our "Post Your Article" page.More Posts - Website