The cost of solar power is beginning to reach price parity with cheaper fossil fuel-based electricity in many parts of the world, yet the clean energy source still accounts for slightly more…
4D Printing: 3-D printed structures “remember” their shapes
Engineers from MIT and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) are using light to print three-dimensional structures that “remember” their original shapes. Even after being stretched, twisted, and bent at extreme…
Samsung launches Two Curved Quantum Dot Gaming Monitors, the CFG70 and CF791
Samsung has announced two new curved gaming monitors– the CFG70 and CF791 displays. CFG70 will be available in 24-Inch and 27-inch models, and the CF791 will be available in 34-inch model. Samsung…
Using Light to control CRISPR Genome Editing
The genome-editing system known as CRISPR allows scientists to delete or replace any target gene in a living cell. MIT researchers have now added an extra layer of control over when and…
MIT accidentally developed a new method for producing some metals e.g antimony
The MIT researchers were trying to develop a new battery, but it didn’t work out that way. Instead, the researchers unexpectedly discovered a whole new way of producing the metal antimony —…