Science

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Agriculture
Plant sensors could act as an early warning system for farmers
Using sensors made from carbon nanotubes, researchers discovered signals that help plants respond to stresses like heat, light, or attack.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
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Engineering
Synthetic diamonds may have just gotten way easier to make
Scientists in South Korea have developed a new technique for creating synthetic diamonds that works under ambient pressure.
Kristin Houser
Fluorescent microscopy image of brain cells
Brain
What hybrid mouse/rat brains are showing us about the mind
Modified mice with hybrid brains that include rat neurons could one day lead to new breakthroughs in neuroscience.
Kristin Houser
A vintage Nintendo Game Boy cartridge of Tetris against a radiation detector-themed neon starburst background.
Computer Science
With inspiration from “Tetris,” MIT researchers develop a better radiation detector
David L. Chandler | MIT News
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Food
This startup is trying to solve lab-grown meat’s biggest problem
Kristin Houser
Side by side of mouse embryos. The one on the left appears to be developing normally, but the one on the right has an extra pair of legs.
Genetics
How turning off one gene causes mice to grow 6 legs
Kristin Houser
A man in a suit stands next to a robotic arm with computer-brain interfaces on a stage under blue lighting.
Big Tech
In a future with brain-computer interfaces like Elon Musk’s Neuralink, we may need to rethink freedom of thought
Parker Crutchfield
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Oceans
Artificial reef designed by MIT engineers could protect marine life, reduce storm damage
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
Two people standing close together, united by a surge of oxytocin, one wearing a white top and the other in a red top, against a clear blue sky.
Neuroscience
Oxytocin’s effects aren’t just about love
Bob Holmes | Knowable Magazine
Two men standing next to a banana tree.
Agriculture
World’s first GM banana approved in Australia
Kristin Houser
A tailless primate swinging on a rope.
Genetics
How our “junk DNA” led to humans being tailless
Kristin Houser
A person cutting yellow flowers in a garden affected by water pollution.
Sustainability
Flowers grown floating on polluted waterways can help clean up nutrient runoff and turn a profit
Krishnaswamy Jayachandran and Jazmin Locke-Rodriguez
A woman holds a heart-shaped potato, mutated by nuclear radiation, in her hands.
Agriculture
How potatoes can keep an eye on nuclear radiation
Neal Stewart and Robert Sears