New router enhances the precision of woodworking
Handheld device precisely follows a digital plan with minimal guidance from a user.
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Researchers build a toolbox for synthetic biology
Engineers design new proteins that can help control novel genetic circuits in cells.
Writing graphics software gets much easier
A new programming language for image-processing algorithms yields code that’s much shorter and clearer — but also faster.
New aircraft capable of fast, accurate and repeatable flight
CSAIL's Robot Locomotion Group unveils new computer-controlled aircraft that can perform knife-edge turns.
Three MIT faculty named Simons Investigators
Goldwasser, Guionnet and Seidel are among 21 researchers selected.
UC Berkeley joins edX
UC Berkeley joins Harvard and MIT not-for-profit online-learning collaborative; edX broadens free course offerings into public health, computer science and solid-state chemistry; opens registration
Five MIT researchers win presidential early career honors
Jarillo-Herrero, Lu, Pathak, Sinha and Thaler among 96 winners.
Research update: Chips with self-assembling rectangles
New technique allows production of complex microchip structures in one self-assembling step.
Berger named ISCB fellow
Applied mathematics, computer science professor honored for contributions in computational biology and bioinformatics.
Lessons learned from MITx’s prototype course
As the team behind MIT’s ambitious online learning program gears up to introduce new courses in the fall, it takes stock of its initial experiences.
Searching genomic data faster
Biologists’ capacity for generating genomic data is increasing more rapidly than computing power. A new algorithm will help them keep up.
New chip captures power from multiple sources
System developed at MIT could combine power harvested from light, heat and vibrations to run monitoring systems.