Topic
Electrical engineering and electronics
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Dripping faucets inspire new way of creating structured particles
Researchers find new method for making spherical particles, from nanoscale to pinhead-sized — including complex beach-ball-like shapes.
July 18, 2012 -
Sharing data links in networks of cars
A new algorithm lets networks of Wi-Fi-connected cars, whose layout is constantly changing, share a few expensive links to the Internet.
July 5, 2012 -
IEEE honors MIT milestones in computing and navigation
World’s first real-time digital computer and electronic navigation system are commemorated in Boston.
June 28, 2012 -
Teaching self-assembling structures a new trick
MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices.
June 7, 2012 -
System improves automated monitoring of security cameras
New approach uses mathematics to reach a compromise between accuracy, speed.
June 5, 2012 -
Dresselhaus, Graybiel, Luu receive 2012 Kavli Prizes
Biennial prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience include a $1 million cash award in each field.
May 31, 2012 -
MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing ‘big data’
An Intel research center based at MIT will be the cornerstone of a new research project dubbed ‘bigdata@CSAIL.’
May 31, 2012 -
Daskalakis wins Microsoft Faculty Fellowship
May 23, 2012 -
Daniela Rus named CSAIL director
EECS professor to become new leader of MIT’s largest interdepartmental laboratory.
May 22, 2012 -
New mathematical framework formalizes oddball programming techniques
Loop perforation — speeding up programs by skipping instructions — is just one method that gets rigorous mathematical treatment in a new paper.
May 22, 2012 -
L. Rafael Reif selected as MIT’s 17th president
As provost since 2005, the president-elect has inspired innovation and played a critical role in the financial stewardship of the Institute.
May 16, 2012 -
The elusive capacity of networks
Calculating the total capacity of a data network is a notoriously difficult problem, but information theorists are beginning to make some headway.
May 15, 2012 -
In search of new ways of producing nano-materials
Kong’s research focuses on how to make and control novel forms of thin-film carbon.
May 9, 2012 -
Four MIT professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
Liskov, Suresh, Townsend and Young bring to 78 the number of Institute faculty who are NAS members.
May 3, 2012 -
Thwarting the cleverest attackers
Savvy 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, 2012 -
MITx: What the students think
From Buenos Aires to Honolulu to Montreal, a virtual community grows up around the online initiative’s prototype course.
April 27, 2012 -
Algorithmic incentives
A new twist on pioneering work done by MIT cryptographers almost 30 years ago could lead to better ways of structuring contracts.
April 25, 2012 -
Lynch named Athena Lecturer
Professor honored for advances in distributed systems that enable dependable Internet and wireless network applications.
April 18, 2012 -
Their own devices
April 18, 2012 -
Sensing when the brain is under pressure
New monitoring strategy forgoes surgery, could help doctors treat patients with head injuries.
April 11, 2012