For theoretical physicist David Gross, a pivotal moment arrived at age 13: a personally inscribed copy of "The Evolution of Physics." This 1938 popular science classic, co-authored by Albert Einstein himself, ignited Gross's fascination with the subatomic realm. That...
**New Opioid Candidate Shows Potential as Safer Pain Relief Alternative** A groundbreaking study in laboratory rats indicates that a newly developed synthetic opioid may offer a promising alternative to highly addictive pain medications such as morphine and fentanyl....
Two pioneering scientists have been awarded the prestigious $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their groundbreaking contributions that led to the development of the first approved therapy utilizing the revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing technology....
Loneliness, a common human experience rather than a personal failing, can subtly influence our cognitive functions, including our thought processes and memory. For years, scientists have explored a potential link between this pervasive emotion and an increased risk of...
Scientists have, for the first time, witnessed quantum entanglement in action on a physical, atomic movement level. This groundbreaking observation brings Albert Einstein's famously enigmatic concept, which he dubbed "spooky action at a distance," into a new realm of...
In a groundbreaking scientific first, researchers have reported the observation of "empty voids" seemingly traveling faster than the speed of light. This unprecedented finding marks the first time such superluminal motion has been detected in these regions of space....
To improve data center efficiency, multiple storage devices are often pooled together over a network so many applications can share them. But even with pooling, significant device capacity remains underutilized due to performance variability across the devices. MIT...
Training a large artificial intelligence model is expensive, not just in dollars, but in time, energy, and computational resources. Traditionally, obtaining a smaller, faster model either requires training a massive one first and then trimming it down, or training a...
What makes work valuable? Michal Masny, the NC Ethics of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow in the MIT Department of Philosophy, investigates the role work plays in our lives and its impact on our well-being. Masny sees numerous benefits to work, beyond a paycheck. It’s a...
Artemis II has launched, sending a crew of four astronauts on a mission to circle the moon and back to Earth, the first step toward planned lunar landings and eventual habitation on the lunar surface. The mission will take the crew of the Orion spacecraft farther from...
Artemis 2 is on its way back to Earth, and you can watch it speed through space live tonight in this Virtual Telescope Project (VTP) livestream (weather depending). The broadcast, hosted by astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, is scheduled to begin at 10:45 p.m. EDT on April...
Just after they broke a 56-year-old spaceflight record, the Artemis 2 astronauts shared a powerful moment that deepened their already profound bond. On Monday (April 6), Artemis 2 made it farther from Earth than any crewed mission ever had before, topping the mark set...