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Concentrating emissions
Ahmed Ghoniem of mechanical engineering leads an MIT effort to make coal plants cleaner by using a pressurized combustion system to capture carbon dioxide.
Oddball stars explained
New observations solve longstanding mystery of tipped rotation. In addition to shedding light on how binary stars form, the explanation knocks down a possible challenge to Einstein's theory of relativity.
Two chips in one
MIT team finds a way to combine materials for semiconductor manufacture. The advance helps address the limitations of conventional silicon microprocessors.
A hard rain's gonna fall
Climate change will yield more extreme rainfall, according to a new analysis.
Task Force group relishes 'shared sense of experiment'
Student Life Working Group finds reasons for optimism amid economic challenges
Jupiter, solar system's 'big bully,' takes a punch
Apparent strike by comet highlights planet's benefit to Earth, MIT professor says
Breaking the law, at the nanoscale
Bringing objects close together can boost radiation heat transfer, according to new study that shows breakdown in Planck's law
What makes a rolling landscape roll?
New study explains evenly spaced ridges and valleys; could help identify signs of life on other planets.
