At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortage of N95 respiratory masks presented a dire situation for front-line and healthcare workers who needed them most. Essential workers who relied on N95 masks had no choice but to wear what were supposed to be N95 disposable masks for weeks. Some …
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In addition to responding to electrical and chemical stimuli, many of the body’s neural cells can also respond to mechanical effects, such as pressure or vibration. But these responses have been more difficult for researchers to study because there has been no easily controllable method of inducing such mechanical stimulation …
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Can you recognize a digitally manipulated video when you watch one? It is more difficult than most people think. As the technology to produce realistic deepfakes becomes more readily available, distinguishing fact from fiction will only become more challenging. A new digital storytelling project at MIT’s Advanced Virtuality Center aims …
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It seems that the universe has a strange sense of humor. While a crown-encrusted virus has rushed around the world, a completely different corona about 100 million light-years from Earth has mysteriously disappeared. For the first time, astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have seen how the corona of a supermassive …
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Nearly 60 public and private universities are supporting a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the Trump administration from stripping foreign students of visas at universities that choose against in-person classes this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. Harvard University and MIT filed the lawsuit last week in Boston federal court …
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