Mission TULiP: A robotic pursuit on the Charles River
The quest to build fast, cooperating robots that can explore the ocean's dynamic features is happening on the Charles River.
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SA+P students sweep visual arts awards
Honors for work that incorporates both old and new technologies
MITEI announces new leadership team
Changes come after Ernest Moniz leaves to lead U.S. Department of Energy
New kind of microscope uses neutrons
Device could open up new areas of research on materials and biological samples at tiny scales.
Seeing through silicon
New microscopy technique allows scientists to visualize cells through the walls of silicon microfluidic devices.
Probing the surface of pyrite
Common mineral gets first detailed examination of its surface electronic properties, thanks to team of MIT researchers.
MIT researchers to play key roles in new Center for Integrated Quantum Materials
Professor Raymond C. Ashoori will serve as co-principal investigator in the Harvard-led effort to develop new devices for quantum computing.
3 Questions: Scott Kemp on North Korea’s nuclear program
New study suggests that the secretive rogue state may have found a way to circumvent international controls on nuclear materials.
New approach to global health challenges
MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science brings many tools to the quest for new disease treatments and diagnostic devices.
Achieving an innovation nation
MIT report emphasizes need to turn U.S. innovation strengths into growth.
Understanding a new kind of magnetism
Researchers use low-frequency laser pulses to probe the properties of a kind of fluctuating magnetism known as a spin-liquid state.
MITx introduces ‘XSeries’ course-sequence certificates on edX
EdX also introduces new ID verification service.
Space weather’s effects on satellites
MIT study finds that high-energy electrons in space may be to blame for some satellite failures.