From Honeybee Brains and Egyptian Mummies, to Customized Human Implants

How serendipity, medical CT-scanning, and AI deep learning came together to advance the repair of congenital body deformities By Lynn Manning While every human being is unique, our basic anatomy has a common, predictable pattern of bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons,...

Manufacturer Launches Next-Generation Magnesium Production Technology

Magrathea’s technology enables U.S. companies to secure a reliable supply of critical minerals amid shifting trade policies and export controls, the company said.  SAN FRANCISCO—A next-generation magnesium chloride electrolyzer introduced by Magrathea uses electricity...

System Lets Robots Identify an Object’s Properties Through Handling

With a novel simulation method, robots can guess the weight, softness, and other physical properties of an object just by picking it up. Adam Zewe | MIT News CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—A human clearing junk out of an attic can often guess the contents of a box simply by picking...