Researchers find new method for making spherical particles, from nanoscale to pinhead-sized — including complex beach-ball-like shapes.
July 18, 2012A new algorithm lets networks of Wi-Fi-connected cars, whose layout is constantly changing, share a few expensive links to the Internet.
July 5, 2012World’s first real-time digital computer and electronic navigation system are commemorated in Boston.
June 28, 2012MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices.
June 7, 2012New approach uses mathematics to reach a compromise between accuracy, speed.
June 5, 2012Biennial prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience include a $1 million cash award in each field.
May 31, 2012An Intel research center based at MIT will be the cornerstone of a new research project dubbed ‘bigdata@CSAIL.’
May 31, 2012EECS professor to become new leader of MIT’s largest interdepartmental laboratory.
May 22, 2012Loop perforation — speeding up programs by skipping instructions — is just one method that gets rigorous mathematical treatment in a new paper.
May 22, 2012As provost since 2005, the president-elect has inspired innovation and played a critical role in the financial stewardship of the Institute.
May 16, 2012Calculating the total capacity of a data network is a notoriously difficult problem, but information theorists are beginning to make some headway.
May 15, 2012Kong’s research focuses on how to make and control novel forms of thin-film carbon.
May 9, 2012Liskov, Suresh, Townsend and Young bring to 78 the number of Institute faculty who are NAS members.
May 3, 2012Savvy hackers can steal a computer’s secrets by timing its data storage transactions or measuring its power use. New research shows how to stop them.
May 1, 2012From Buenos Aires to Honolulu to Montreal, a virtual community grows up around the online initiative’s prototype course.
April 27, 2012A new twist on pioneering work done by MIT cryptographers almost 30 years ago could lead to better ways of structuring contracts.
April 25, 2012Professor honored for advances in distributed systems that enable dependable Internet and wireless network applications.
April 18, 2012New monitoring strategy forgoes surgery, could help doctors treat patients with head injuries.
April 11, 2012