Bound for robotic glory
New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass.
Research Laboratory of Electronics
A new way to diagnose malaria
Using magnetic fields, technique can detect parasite’s waste products in infected blood cells.
John King, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88
Innovative researcher and educator was a champion of attacking science problems with “ferocious vigor.”
School of Engineering awards for 2014
Awards given to outstanding faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students
The science of networking
MIT senior Esther Jang uses science, engineering, and teaching to help others and challenge herself.
Terahertz imaging on the cheap
New theory could reduce number of sensors required for high-resolution imaging systems.
Mastering the biological and engineering worlds
Rahul Sarpeshkar bridges biology and engineering to advance research and applications in biotechnology, medicine, and supercomputing.
Excitons observed in action for the first time
Technique developed at MIT reveals the motion of energy-carrying quasiparticles in solid material.
New ‘switch’ could power quantum computing
A light lattice that traps atoms may help scientists build networks of quantum information transmitters.
A new angle on controlling light
System could provide first method for filtering light waves based on direction.
Engineers design ‘living materials’
Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light.
3-D images, with only one photon per pixel
New scheme could enable laser rangefinders to infer depth from a hundredth as much light — and to produce images from only one nine-hundredth the light.
David Perreault is appointed EECS associate department head
Munther Dahleh is appointed as acting director of ESD and new organization with focus on socio-technical systems, information and decision systems and statistics.