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LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves – MIT News
After a decades-long quest, The MIT-Caltech collaboration LIGO Laboratories has detected gravitational waves, opening a new era in our exploration of the universe. Read more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/ligo-first-d… Produced by MIT Video Productions and MIT News Office Producer/Editor: Bill Lattanzi Footage courtesy of: Hans Peter Bischof; California Institute of Technology; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; LIGO, A Passion for Understanding, by Kai Staats; MIT; National Science Foundation; Roger Smith; Virginia Trimble, widow of Joseph Weber; Wikipedia Commons 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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Cheaper Alternative To Smart Windows – MIT News
MIT scientists have come up with a theory to predict exactly how much light is transmitted through a material, given its thickness and degree of stretch. Using this theory, they accurately predicted the changing transparency of a rubber-like polymer structure as it was stretched like a spring and inflated like a balloon. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/tune-polymer…) Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Music sampled from, “The Zeppelin” by Blue Dot Sessions http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blu… 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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One Step Closer To Fusion Power – MIT News
For the first time, researchers show two types of turbulence within plasma that cause significant heat loss. Solving this problem could take the world a step closer to fusion power which has the promise of limitless and relatively clean energy. (Learn more:Â http://mitsha.re/XmrC3) Video produced and edited: Melanie Gonick/MIT Plasma simulations and Alcator C-Mod footage: Nathan Howard/MIT PSFC and J. Candy/General Atomics Music sampled from “Rewound” by Chris Zabriskie http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chr… 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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A Life-Saving Discovery at MIT – MIT News
A “failed experiment” became a life-saving discovery by MIT Professor Ioannis V. Yannas and his colleague Dr. John Burke when their search for a better way to treat severe burn victims led to the discovery of organ regeneration — thought impossible by the scientific and medical communities at the time — as well as a brand new field of medicine. 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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Controlling The Boiling Process – MIT News
For the first time, researchers at MIT have found a way to control the boiling process. The system could improve the efficiency of electric power generation and other processes. (Learn more:Â http://mitsha.re/TRIQl)Â Turning boiling on and off on a surface with separately addressable electrodes to the tune of Ode to Joy:Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pf8g… Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional imagery courtesy of the researchers 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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A Pill That Can Measure Vital Signs – MIT News
Using technology invented at MIT, doctors may one day be able to monitor patients’ vital signs by having them swallow an ingestible electronic device that measures heart rate and breathing rate from within the gastrointestinal tract. (Learn more about the sensor:http://news.mit.edu/2015/ingestible-s…) Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT Device animation: Diana Saville, Albert Swinston and Giovanni Traverso Device photo courtesy of Albert Swinston/MIT Lincoln Laboratory 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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Predicting Bedrock Weathering Based On Topography – MIT News
Buried just beneath the Earth’s surface, beneath roots and soil, is the solid bedrock of Earth’s crust. Weathering of bedrock is essential to life on Earth. Now scientists have found a way to predict the depth and extent of bedrock weathering given a location’s topography. (Learn more:http://mitsha.re/U0OX2)Â Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional imagery and videos: Stephen Martel, Seulgi Moon and Taylor Perron Music sampled from “After Midnight” by Maxim Komyshev http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Max… 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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Strengthening Metal And Eliminating Defects At The Nanoscale – MIT News
For the first time, researchers have achieved defect healing and marked strengthening through cyclic deformation in nanoscale structures. The novel method is called “cyclic healing.” (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/TGuIP) Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional footage courtesy of the researchers Music sampled from “Curious by Jon Luc Hefferman http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jon… 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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How Climate Change Could Effect The Persian Gulf – MIT News
According to the results of a new study by researchers at MIT and Loyola Marymount University, parts of the Persian Gulf region could have periods of unprecedented deadly heat, within this century, as a result of climate change. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/TR1xy) Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT Additional imagery: Eltahir Group/MIT and ©Google 2015 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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Ultrasound Drug Delivery – MIT News
Using ultrasound waves, researchers have found a way to enable rapid delivery of drugs to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This approach could make it easier to deliver drugs to patients suffering from GI disorders. (Learn more:Â http://mitsha.re/TGzKW) Video produced and edited by Melanie Gonick/MIT Animation courtesy of the researchers Music sampled from “Water & Spirit” by James Joshua Otto http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jam… 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