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MIT researchers develop a new sensor that could enable earlier detection of bladder cancer

CAMBRIDGE, MA --Every year, about 85,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer. While treatment is often successful, bladder cancer has one of the highest rates of recurrence of any cancer: ...
CBS News

Suspicious man wanted in Harvard dorm assault also seen entering MIT residence hall, police say

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...
Forbes

MIT Facing “A Real Drop In Research” Says Its President

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. MIT President Sally Kornbluth announced Thursday that, along with a substantial drop in ...
Ars Technica

MIT’s virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an instrument’s final sound. MIT engineers hope to streamline that ...
Bleeping Computer

Critical flaw in Protobuf library enables JavaScript code execution

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a critical remote code execution flaw in protobuf.js, a widely used JavaScript implementation of Google's Protocol Buffers. The tool is highly ...
Science Daily

MIT scientists finally see hidden quantum “jiggling” inside superconductors

MIT physicists have built a powerful new microscope that uses terahertz light to uncover hidden quantum motions inside superconductors. By compressing this normally unwieldy light into a tiny region, ...
Fast Company

MIT researchers just mapped New York City foot traffic for the first time ever

New York City is a city of walkers. More trips are made on foot than by car (41% versus 28%) and the city’s “80X50” climate action plan envisions that 80% of all trips by 2050 will be made either on ...
The Digital Universe

BYU students win MIT quantum hackathon in debut appearance

Members of the BYU “Q-gars” pose with iQuHACK judges after winning the IonQ challenge. The team earned first place at MIT’s annual quantum hackathon. (Courtesy of Kai Sandberg) For the first time in ...
EurekAlert!

MIT researchers develop a portable ultrasound sensor that may enable earlier detection of breast cancer

The new system consists of a small ultrasound probe, on left, attached to an acquisition and processing module that is a little larger than a smartphone. CAMBRIDGE, MA -- For people who are at high ...
InfoWorld

Are you ready for JavaScript in 2026?

Strip the types and hotwire the HTML—and triple check your package security while you are at it. JavaScript in 2026 is just getting started. I am loath to inform you that the first month of 2026 has ...
Phys.org

Radio waves enable energy-efficient AI on edge devices without heavy hardware

As drones survey forests, robots navigate warehouses and sensors monitor city streets, more of the world's decision-making is occurring autonomously on the edge—on the small devices that gather ...
Time

Suspect in Brown University and MIT Shootings Found Dead. Here’s What We Know

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