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Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics graduate student Taylor Matlock, center, principal research scientist Oleg V. Batishchev, left, and Dan Stiurca, junior in electrical engineering and computer science, right, work on adjusting a prototype of a new plasma rocket.

New rocket aims for cheaper nudges in space

Plasma thruster is small, runs on inexpensive gases

February 24, 2009

MIT researchers have developed a way to fold nano- and microscale polymer sheets into simple 3D structures.

Knowing when to fold

Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices

February 24, 2009

Zack Anderson, senior in elecrical engineering and computer sciences, holds a GenShock prototype up to a Humvee coil spring where it is installed.

More power from bumps in the road

MIT students develop energy-harvesting shock absorbers

February 9, 2009

Phillip (Terry) and Susan Ragon hold a copy of The Boston Globe issue that announced the creation of the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute. All the principals -- the Ragons as well as the leaders of MGH, MIT and Harvard -- signed the newspaper.

Alum's $100 million gift targets AIDS vaccine

Ragon Institute to tackle quintessential MIT problem

February 4, 2009

Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Information Systems in the School of Management and Director of CCI Thomas W. Malone.

Putting heads (and computers) together to solve global problems

MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence (CCI) looks to take advantage of strength in numbers

January 13, 2009

This image shows the cell before hydrogen peroxide is added.

Nanotubes sniff out cancer agents in living cells

Chemical engineers use carbon nanotubes to monitor chemotherapy, detect toxins at the single-molecule level

December 14, 2008

Graduate student Emily Fox, working with Edwin S. Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Alan Willsky.

Deciphering honeybee dances and stock market swings

Grad student's model brings order to complex systems through math

December 10, 2008

Computer model reveals cells' inner workings

New approach could help tailor chemotherapy treatments

October 16, 2008

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new computer center at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center included, from left, Bolek Wyslouch, professor in physics and the Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS);
Robert Redwine, professor of physics and director of MIT-Bates; Karen Dow of LNS and associate director of MIT-Bates; Ed Bertschinger, head of the MIT Department of Physics; Brad Black, principal ...

High-power computer cluster to sift through LHC data

October 14, 2008

MIT associate professor Josh Tenenbaum and his former student, Charles Kemp, have developed a computer algorithm that can select the best type of structure to fit a set of data. Such structures, shown here, include linear order, rings and clusters.

MIT model helps computers sort data more like humans

August 25, 2008

Building microchips from the bottom up

MIT develops novel self-assembly method that could break size barrier

August 14, 2008

A team from the International Development Design Summit at MIT created a cable-car-like ropeway to transport goods uphill.

Improving people's lives, one device at a time

International workshop looks for simple solutions to big problems

August 8, 2008

Daniel G. Nocera, the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT, has developed a simple method to split water molecules and produce oxygen gas, a discovery that paves the way for large-scale use of solar power.

'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution

Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system

July 31, 2008

Lester addresses U.S. governors on energy innovation

July 14, 2008

MIT nanoruler lithography tool with a 300 mm-diameter silicon wafer.

MIT reports finer lines for microchips

Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cells, more.

July 8, 2008

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