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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was hit with a civil rights complaint on Monday, with the complainant noting one of its programs only allows “women of color” to participate. The
Poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence pushed an estimated annual average of 378,000 Central Americans to migrate to the United States over the past five years, highlights a new report launched today. A high price is paid in human and econo
WASHINGTON, DC/PANAMA — Poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence pushed an estimated annual average of 378,000 Central Americans to migrate to the United States over the past five years, highlights a new report launched today. A high price is paid in human and economic costs, including an estimated $2.2 billion a year to travel regularly and irregularly.
Nanotechnology Now Our NanoNews Digest Sponsors Home > Press > With a zap of light, system switches objects' colors and patterns: "Programmable matter" technique could enable product designers to churn out prototypes with ease A new system uses UV light projected onto objects coated with light-activated dye to alter the reflective properties of the dye, creating images in minutes. CREDIT Image courtesy of Michael Wessley, Stefanie Mueller, et al Abstract: When was the last time you repainted your car? Redesigned your coffee mug collection? Gave your shoes a colorful facelift? With a zap of li...
Our NanoNews Digest Sponsors Home > Press > Synthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbellys stretch and strength: The membranes structure could provide a blueprint for robust artificial tissues An MIT team has fabricated a hydrogel-based material that mimics the structure of the lobsters underbelly, the toughest known hydrogel found in nature. Credits:Courtesy of the researchers Abstract: A lobsters underbelly is lined with a thin, translucent membrane that is both stretchy and surprisingly tough. This marine under-armor, as MIT engineers reported in 2019, is made from the...