How machine learning can help with voice disorders
By detecting signs of vocal misuse, system from CSAIL and Mass General could eventually be used to help diagnose voice disorders.
New solar cell is more efficient, costs less than its counterparts
Exposed in step-like formation, layers of new photovoltaic cell harvest more of sun’s energy.
Unfriendly skies: Piston engine aircraft pose a significant health threat
Study shows long-lasting health, economic impacts of lead emissions from U.S. general aviation flights.
3-D printed structures “remember” their shapes
Heat-responsive materials may aid in controlled drug delivery and solar panel tracking.
Eleven from MIT named to the 2016 TR35
Nearly one-third of MIT Technology Review’s top innovators under the age of 35 have a connection to MIT.
Using light to control genome editing
New technique offers precise manipulation of when and where genes are targeted.
Hacking microbes
Startup’s engineered yeast helps clients produce fragrances and flavors more efficiently.
New method developed for producing some metals
Using electricity rather than heat can reduce both energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Solving network congestion
MegaMIMO system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab speeds data transfer by coordinating multiple routers at the same time.
Programmable network routers
New design should enable much more flexible traffic management, without sacrificing speed.
Family and friends recall Drew Esquivel
A talented scholar and athlete, the MIT rising senior “never failed to see the good in others.”
Lifelong learning a hallmark of MIT pursuits
Professor Philip Gschwend discusses the importance of comprehensive systems approaches to curing environmental ills.
Study reveals new physics of how fluids flow in porous media
Key flow mechanisms, crucial to carbon sequestration and fuel-cell operation, have been visualized.
Sponge creates steam using ambient sunlight
Bubble-wrapped structure requires no mirrors or lenses to focus the sun’s heat.
Seeing nature through a molecular engineer’s eye
Alfredo Alexander-Katz probes systems in action, from clotting blood to walking molecules.