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An MIT spinout is making surgical stitching more like applying tape: SanaHeal has developed a biologically compatible adhesive that sticks to wet tissues. Its product was inspired by sticky materials in nature, like barnacles and spider webs.
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MIT spinout makes surgical stitching more like applying a sticky note
SanaHeal, founded by MIT alumnus Hyunwoo Yuk, developed a biologically compatible adhesive material that rapidly sticks to wet tissues. The technology could replace sutures and simplify surgical...
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Oct 19
AI has reshaped materials science by proposing new structures. But many potential structures are stored in databases, inaccessible to large language models. To overcome this, researchers created a vision-language model for crystalline materials.
Giving AI a “crystal clear” view of the materials world
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Oct 16
Researchers at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) analyzed over 15,000 ice cliffs in Antarctica to reveal how they behave over time.
Satellite data reveal how Antarctica’s ice cliffs behave over time
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Oct 15
A new technique significantly improves weather forecasting beyond two weeks. The researchers developed a machine-learning model that learns to correct errors in existing forecasting models to improve their output over the two-to-six-week time frame, including for extreme weather
Researchers improve weather forecasts looking two to six weeks out
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Oct 14
MIT engineers have developed a new way to program natural killer (NK) immune cells to target cancerous T cells or T cells that have become autoreactive, leading to diseases such as lymphoma and autoimmune hepatitis.
Reprogrammed NK immune cells target cancer and autoimmune disorders
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