A novel technique developed by MIT researchers rethinks hardware data compression to free up more memory used by computers and mobile devices
Estimating tweet infectivity from the first 50 retweets is the key to predicting whether a tweet will go viral, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE
Every heart beat sends blood flowing throughout the human body. While an electrocardiogram uses a contact approach to measure the electrical activity
An international team of researchers, led by UMass Amherst biostatistician Leontine Alkema and her former Ph.D. student Fengqing Chao
An MIT research team that has already conquered the problem of getting ketchup out of its bottle has now tackled a new category of consumer and manufacturing woe
A physical effect known as superinjection underlies modern light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers. For decades this effect was believed to occur only in semiconductor heterostructures
New study is first to show how two types of sand can behave like light and heavy liquids, shedding light on geological processes from mudslides to volcanos
Bad news for ophiophobes: Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed
Human skeletal muscles have a unique combination of properties that materials researchers seek for their own creations.
When an electron from one of the lower energy levels in an atom is knocked out of the atom by a collision with another electron, it creates a space
At some point every person is likely to experience an inflammatory condition somewhere in the body. The causes of inflammation
Hydrogen is a clean and renewable energy carrier that can power vehicles, with water as the only emission.
