Engineering movement + quasar jets + essential genes

New observations show the deepest parts of the quasar’s plasma jet in a project led by MIT Haystack Observatory.

The MIT senior will pursue postgraduate studies in computer science in Ireland.

Researchers harness new pooled, image-based screening method to probe the functions of over 5,000 essential genes in human cells.

Researchers from MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms are developing robots that can self-assemble and could even build large structures. “At the system’s center are voxels (a term borrowed from computer graphics), which carry power and data that can be shared between pieces. The pieces form the foundation of the robot, grabbing and attaching additional voxels before moving across the grid for further assembly.”

MIT scientists have developed a miniature antenna that could one day be used to help safely transmit data from within living cells by resonating with acoustic waves. “A functioning antenna could help scientists power, and communicate with, tiny roving sensors within the cell, helping them better understand these building blocks and perhaps leading to new medical treatments.”