How millions of people can watch the same video at the same time – a computer scientist explains the technology behind streaming

A lot of sophisticated digital plumbing goes into delivering that streaming video to your phone, computer or TV.

Chetan Jaiswal, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Quinnipiac University • conversation
May 2, 2025 ~8 min

Making AI models more trustworthy for high-stakes settings

A new method helps convey uncertainty more precisely, which could give researchers and medical clinicians better information to make decisions.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
May 1, 2025 ~7 min


Listen: Bones reveal surprising differences among Vikings

An investigation into Viking skeletons reveals a hidden story of violence, power, and surprising differences between neighboring Vikings.

Norwegian University of Science and Technology • futurity
April 30, 2025 ~8 min

Soft robot can ride wires like a cable car to deliver cargo

The soft robot operates autonomously, can climb slopes at angles of up to 80 degrees, and can carry loads up to 12 times its weight.

NC State • futurity
April 30, 2025 ~5 min

How baker’s yeast sheds light on human migration

A new study on yeast provides insight into how humans have moved through and interacted with their environment.

Sydney Barrilleaux - U. Georgia • futurity
April 30, 2025 ~6 min

Forensics tool ‘reanimates’ the ‘brains’ of AIs that fail in order to understand what went wrong

AIs are notoriously opaque, even to the people who build them, which makes it hard to know why they fail. A new tool aims to reveal their inner workings at the moment they went off the rails.

Brendan Saltaformaggio, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and Privacy, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
April 30, 2025 ~7 min

AI is giving a boost to efforts to monitor health via radar

Today’s radar technology can detect the minute movements when your heart beats or you take a breath. Machine learning turns those signals into vital signs readings.

Aly Fathy, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee • conversation
April 30, 2025 ~7 min

In kids, EEG monitoring of consciousness safely reduces anesthetic use

Clinical trial finds several outcomes improved for young children when an anesthesiologist observed their brain waves to guide dosing of sevoflurane during surgery.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
April 29, 2025 ~6 min


Will the vegetables of the future be fortified using tiny needles?

Researchers showed they can inexpensively produce silk microneedles to deliver vitamins or agrochemicals to plants.

Zach Winn | MIT News • mit
April 29, 2025 ~8 min

New chip tests cooling solutions for stacked microelectronics

Preventing 3D integrated circuits from overheating is key to enabling their widespread use.

Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
April 28, 2025 ~6 min

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