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Graduate student Emily Fox, working with Edwin S. Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Alan Willsky.

Deciphering honeybee dances and stock market swings

Grad student's model brings order to complex systems through math

December 10, 2008

Computer model reveals cells' inner workings

New approach could help tailor chemotherapy treatments

October 16, 2008

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new computer center at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center included, from left, Bolek Wyslouch, professor in physics and the Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS);
Robert Redwine, professor of physics and director of MIT-Bates; Karen Dow of LNS and associate director of MIT-Bates; Ed Bertschinger, head of the MIT Department of Physics; Brad Black, principal ...

High-power computer cluster to sift through LHC data

October 14, 2008

MIT associate professor Josh Tenenbaum and his former student, Charles Kemp, have developed a computer algorithm that can select the best type of structure to fit a set of data. Such structures, shown here, include linear order, rings and clusters.

MIT model helps computers sort data more like humans

August 25, 2008

Building microchips from the bottom up

MIT develops novel self-assembly method that could break size barrier

August 14, 2008

A team from the International Development Design Summit at MIT created a cable-car-like ropeway to transport goods uphill.

Improving people's lives, one device at a time

International workshop looks for simple solutions to big problems

August 8, 2008

Daniel G. Nocera, the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT, has developed a simple method to split water molecules and produce oxygen gas, a discovery that paves the way for large-scale use of solar power.

'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution

Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system

July 31, 2008

Lester addresses U.S. governors on energy innovation

July 14, 2008

MIT nanoruler lithography tool with a 300 mm-diameter silicon wafer.

MIT reports finer lines for microchips

Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cells, more.

July 8, 2008

Students robots in this year's 2.007 contest held at MIT competed in performing beaver-like tasks, including knocking down pool noodle 'trees' and dumping them in a ping-pong ball 'river,' to score points.

Beaver-like robots face off in annual MIT contest

May 9, 2008

Learning about brains from computers, and vice versa

February 16, 2008

The human brain easily recognizes that these cars are all the same object, but the variations in the car's size, orientation and position are a challenge for computer-vision algorithms.

MIT neuroscientists see design flaws in computer vision tests

January 24, 2008

Computer model mimics blink of a human eye

April 4, 2007

MIT researchers have developed a high-throughput method for the detection of biomolecules (such as DNA shown here) using multifunctional particles. The technique could make medical diagnostics and drug discovery faster and cheaper.

Hydrogel particles pave way for new bedside diagnostics

Chemical engineers bring 'theranostics'--personalized therapies--ever closer.

March 8, 2007

Mark Cote, winner of this year's 2.007 robot competition, gets a congratulatory hug from Professor Alexander Slocum.

Robots go for Tic-Tech-Toe

May 17, 2005

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