Research Stories

	MIT researchers remotely map crops, field by field	The team used machine learning to analyze satellite and roadside images of areas where small farms predominate and agricultural data are sparse.
	This ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs	The sticky, wearable sensor could help identify early signs of acute liver failure.
	Safer skies with self-flying helicopters	Autonomous helicopters made by Rotor Technologies, a startup led by MIT PhDs, take the human out of risky commercial missions.
	Technique could improve the sensitivity of quantum sensing devices	The method lets researchers identify and control larger numbers of atomic-scale defects, to build a bigger system of qubits.
	Imaging method reveals new cells and structures in human brain tissue	A new microscopy technique that enables high-resolution imaging could one day help doctors diagnose and treat brain tumors.
	Study: Smart devices’ ambient light sensors pose imaging privacy risk	The ambient light sensors responsible for smart devices’ brightness adjustments can capture images of touch interactions like swiping and tapping for hackers.
	Researchers improve blood tests’ ability to detect and monitor cancer	The advance makes it easier to detect circulating tumor DNA in blood samples, which could enable earlier cancer diagnosis and help guide treatment.
	Self-powered sensor automatically harvests magnetic energy	A system designed at MIT could allow sensors to operate in remote settings, without batteries.
	Noninvasive technique reveals how cells’ gene expression changes over time	MIT researchers can now track a cell’s RNA expression to investigate long-term processes like cancer progression or embryonic development.
	Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection	The diagnostic, which requires only a simple urine test to read the results, could make lung cancer screening more accessible worldwide.