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New study reveals the strength of the strongest ties in collaborative problem solving.
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Researchers unveil experimental 36-core chip
Design lets chip manage local memory stores efficiently using an Internet-style communication network.
Solving the world’s plastic problem
Alumna invents continuous, zero-toxic-emission system that converts nonrecycled plastics into crude oil.
A new way to detect leaks in pipes
Self-propelled robotic device can speed through pipes, pinpointing leaks more accurately than existing methods.
The cold, hard truth about Arctic policy
Lawrence Susskind talks about the unprecedented policy issues emerging in the Arctic as melting sea ice opens up new opportunities for deep-sea mining and drilling.
An unexpected path to nuclear engineering
With ample family support, PhD student Mareena Robinson focuses on research in nuclear security.
High-performance computing programming with ease
Alan Edelman leads the global, open-source collaboration developing "Julia," a powerful but flexible programming language for high performance computing.
MIT graduates urged: “Solve the unsolvable!”
“Many of tomorrow’s problems are going to be solved by you,” DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman tells 2014 grads.
Ellen Kullman's Commencement address
DuPont CEO tells graduates: "We look forward to your contributions."
President L. Rafael Reif's charge to the graduates
"Rebuild the engine of society until it delivers the kind of performance we expect from ourselves at MIT," president tells the Class of 2014.
A new approach to diversity research
MIT professor suggests a rethinking of homogeneity as the baseline used to study diversity.
Minimal surfaces, maximal impact
MIT mathematician William Minicozzi unleashes ‘a wave of new results’ in geometric analysis.
Resilient places
New MIT initiative will respond to the deeply human challenge of rebuilding after blight or catastrophe