5 from MIT win NIH awards
The grants are designed to promote risky, innovative research with the potential to transform a field of study.
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The grants are designed to promote risky, innovative research with the potential to transform a field of study.
Among 150 students nationwide awarded fellowships in program's first year
New technique holds promise to revert cells to an immature state that can develop into any cell type.
MIT robotics expert discusses the logistical hurdles of regulating unmanned aircraft for civilian use.
An innovative control system allows a foam glider to touch down on a perch or a wire like a pet parakeet.
MIT researchers pass a milestone on the path to sophisticated fibers that interact with their surroundings in new ways.
A new network design that avoids the need to convert optical signals into electrical ones could boost capacity while reducing power consumption.
Complex computer models can involve thousands of variables. But paradoxically, adding more variables can sometimes make them easier to work with.
With a single piece of inexpensive hardware — a multicolored glove — MIT researchers are making Minority Report-style interfaces more accessible.
Discovery that the rigid structural protein can switch to a floppy shape could lead to new treatments for heart disease.
By exploiting a simple but counterintuitive trick, a new system finds sections of computer programs where accuracy can be traded for speed.
Object recognition systems that break images into ever smaller parts should be much more efficient and may shed light on how the brain works.
Institute Professor will advise Japanese carmaker as it seeks to address quality and safety issues.