Hop, skip or jump? Study says no to all of the above
MIT engineers find that in the earliest stages of arthritis, high-impact exercise may worsen cartilage damage.
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Demaines selected for Guggenheim Fellowship
Honored for work with origami from wood, plastic, metal and glass.
Indyk and Katabi win top ACM honors
Professors recognized for their contributions to computer science
Sorting out the structure of a Parkinson’s protein
Computer modeling may resolve conflicting results and offer hints for new drug-design strategies.
Jarillo-Herrero, Lu named ONR Young Investigators
Two assistant professors at MIT are among 16 recipients nationwide.
New solar-cell design based on dots and wires
MIT researchers improve efficiency of quantum-dot photovoltaic system by adding a forest of nanowires.
Faculty describe experiments with digital learning on MacVicar Day
Participants discuss how they are 'reimagining the MIT classroom.'
Robot meets world
A new way of reasoning about what happens when a robot’s limb strikes an object could lead to more efficient and reliable robotic-control systems.
Peter Szolovits honored with Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence
Professor cited for 'commitment and dedication to biomedical informatics'
Can control theory make software better?
Techniques used to ensure that airplanes won’t stall out in flight could be adapted to prove that computer programs won’t divide by zero.
Berners-Lee wins first Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Honored for inventing the World Wide Web
Four professors named 2013 MacVicar Fellows
Griffith, Miller, Schulz and Teng awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.
Goldwasser and Micali win Turing Award
Team honored for ‘revolutionizing the science of cryptography.’
Making cloud computing more efficient
For database-driven applications, new software could reduce hardware requirements by 95 percent while actually improving performance.