Smarter robot arms
A combination of two algorithms developed at MIT allows autonomous robots to execute tasks much more efficiently — and move more predictably.
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Five from MIT win NIH grants
Grants support biomedical research that will ‘challenge the status quo’ with risk-taking, innovative ideas.
Escaping legacy IT systems
Sophisticated computer model lets corporate IT managers evaluate upgrades and reconfigurations without risking the stability of their networks.
MIT fifth overall among U.S. universities in U.S. News rankings
Undergraduate engineering again ranked No. 1; business No. 2.
Creating more room to breathe
MIT Medical is first building on campus to be 100 percent tobacco-free inside and out
Building chips from collapsing nanopillars
By turning a common problem in chip manufacture into an advantage, MIT researchers produce structures only 30 atoms wide.
Finding the right IT tools for persons with disabilities
As another academic year comes into view, ATIC staff are out in front, testing IT tools for those who have various disabilities or temporary injuries, such as visual or hearing impairments, dyslexia, or repetitive strain injuries.
Movies of electrons
Lasers that emit pulses lasting a quintillionth of a second could characterize the behavior of individual electrons during chemical reactions.
Fink named RLE director
Succeeds Shapiro to lead one of the Institute’s oldest interdepartmental labs
Perfect communication with imperfect chips
Error-correcting codes discovered at MIT can still guarantee reliable communication, even in cellphones with failure-prone low-power chips.
Satellites in the developing world
An MIT researcher looks at a growing trend in a number of developing countries: national satellite programs.
Sun-free photovoltaics
Materials engineered to give off precisely tuned wavelengths of light when heated are key to new high-efficiency generating system.
Research update: Improving batteries’ energy storage
New method allows a dramatic boost in capacity for a given weight.