MIT News Newsletter

	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
March 17, 2016
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A weekly digest of the Institute’s research and innovation

MIT develops nontoxic way of generating portable power

Battery substitutes produce current by burning fuel-coated carbon nanotubes like a fuse.

“Lost” memories can be found

Neuroscientists retrieve missing memories in mice with early Alzheimer’s symptoms.

Power play

Study shows how more R&D funding can accelerate the world energy revolution.

Why some tumors withstand treatment

Researchers uncover a mechanism that allows cancer cells to evade targeted therapies.

Paving the way for metastasis

Cancer cells remodel their environment to make it easier to reach nearby blood vessels.

In the Media

Washington Post reporter Ariana Eunjung Cha writes that MIT researchers have found evidence that memories lost due to Alzheimer’s disease could potentially be recalled using optogenetics. Cha writes that the research “raises the hope of future treatments that could reverse some of the ravages of the disease on memory.”

In this video, The Economist explores how MIT researchers have developed a new algorithm that can predict where and when rogue waves might strike. The algorithm “identifies groups of waves most likely to form a rogue wave. The MIT algorithm is so thrifty that a ship’s skipper can run it on a laptop.”

MIT researchers have developed an environmentally-friendly method of generating electricity, reports Michael Casey for FOX News. Casey writes that the, “breakthrough is critical because most of the batteries that power everything from smartphones to computers are made of toxic materials like lithium.”