New technology may enable earlier cancer diagnosis
Nanoparticles amplify tumor signals, making them much easier to detect in the urine.
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Tiny compound semiconductor transistor could challenge silicon’s dominance
MIT researchers develop the smallest indium gallium arsenide transistor ever built.
Ozdaglar selected as the inaugural Steven and Renee Finn Innovation Fellow
The fellowship provides tenured, mid-career faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineer and Computer Science with resources for up to three years to pursue new research and development paths.
Martin Schmidt to oversee MIT’s industry-facing offices
Associate provost will oversee Technology Licensing Office and Office of Corporate Relations; retains duties around space planning.
Sibling power
Siblings Andrew and Jennifer Barry have not only managed to maintain a close friendship into their adult years, but are also both studying robotics at CSAIL
Making ‘nanospinning’ practical
Nanofibers have a dizzying range of possible applications, but they’ve been prohibitively expensive to make. MIT researchers hope to change that.
Department snapshot: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
EECS places renewed emphasis on interdisciplinary research, partnerships with alumni and industry, and experiential learning.
Speeding algorithms by shrinking data
A new approach to processing ‘big data’ creates succinct representations of huge data sets, so that existing algorithms can handle them efficiently.
It pays to cooperate
Yeast cells that share food have a survival edge over their freeloading neighbors — particularly when there is bacterial competition.
Medical devices powered by the ear itself
For the first time, researchers power an implantable electronic device using an electrical potential — a natural battery — deep in the inner ear.