I’ve Lived in New England My Whole Life—and This Small Town in Rhode Island Is the Perfect Winter Getaway

Westerly, Rhode Island, embodies all the best characteristics of a quintessential coastal town: local, family-run businesses, ...
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I’ve Lived in New England My Whole Life—and This Quintessential Coastal Town Is the Perfect Winter Getaway

While many think summer is the prime time to visit Westerly, a small town in Rhode Island, winter is just as magical in this quintessential New England town.

Scientists Make Material That Can Morph Into Anything With the Pull of a String

Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new material that transforms from a grid into ...
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One pull of a string is all it takes to deploy these complex structures

MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration ...
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This cancer-fighting molecule took 50 years to build

MIT scientists have achieved the first-ever lab synthesis of verticillin A, a complex fungal compound discovered in 1970. Its delicate structure stalled chemists for decades, despite differing from ...