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A Micrograph showing the cross-section of a new optoelectronic fiber.

A fabric with vision

Researchers create flexible lensless camera from web of light-detecting fibers

July 8, 2009

Harvard graduate students Ankush Sharma, right, and Alexis Geancotes, left, (who also study at MIT) represent the MoCa team, which developed mobile diagnostics to improve health care in the developing world.

A phone is not just a phone

Student projects explore innovative cellphone uses in developing world

July 2, 2009

Extending the shelf life of antibody drugs

New model allows researchers to design more stable drugs

June 29, 2009

A new approach to engineering for extreme environments

Scientist creates model to design radiation-resistant materials

June 24, 2009

Lester to head nuclear science and engineering

June 19, 2009

International Engineering Systems Symposium addresses complex, large-scale challenges

June 17, 2009

The figure illustrates a hierarchical network of carbon nanotubes mimicking a cell's protein network to connect a small heat source (red area) to a larger area that serves as a heat sink.

Taking the heat off

Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in thermal material

June 16, 2009

3 Questions: William S. Swelbar on his aviation blog

June 16, 2009

Professor Franz-Josef Ulm with the nanoindentation machine in his research lab.

MIT engineers find way to slow concrete creep to a crawl

June 15, 2009

Collaboration eyes computing boost for New England

Rooted at MIT, effort brings together state, industry, academia

June 11, 2009

Blocking termites' defense mechanisms

Targeting immune system may offer sustainable pest control method

June 8, 2009

Louis Smullin, former electrical engineering department head, 93

June 8, 2009

Students from Professor of Archeology and Ancient Technology Dorothy Hosler's class work on making the full-size authentic replica of a pre-Columbian South American balsa oceangoing raft on the Charles river. Here Leslie Dewan and Feng Wu work.

Ancient trading raft sails anew

Faithful copy of pre-Columbian vessel tested on Charles

May 12, 2009

Eight teams win IDEAS awards

Grants will support efforts in developing nations

May 5, 2009

Engineering first again in U.S. News graduate rankings

April 23, 2009

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