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Reactor upgrades help researchers study nuclear fusion as energy source

February 8, 2007

Graduate student Manu Prakash (left) and Professor Neil Gershenfeld discuss new applications for their microfluidic chips, which can carry on-chip process control information.

Flow of tiny bubbles mimics computer circuitry

Work could boost capabilities of 'labs on a chip'

February 8, 2007

Postdoc Peter Rakich worked with MIT colleagues to develp a novel way to add the power and speed of light waves to traditional electronics.

MIT 'optics on a chip' may revolutionize telecom, computing

Research integrates photonic circuitry on a silicon chip

February 6, 2007

Graduate student Jianping Fu (left), Professor Jongyoon Han and postdoc Reto Schoch have created a microchip system that allows speedy separation and sorting of biomolecules.

MIT improves protein sorting with a new microchip

February 5, 2007

MIT graduate student Shawna Liff works with a nanocomposite material she helped develop. The material, composed of nanoparticles embedded in a rubbery polymer, mimics the strength and stretchiness qualities of spider silk.

Nanocomposite research yields strong and stretchy fibers

Lycra-like materials were inspired by spider silk

January 18, 2007

William Orme-Johnson, inorganic biochemistry expert, dies at 68

January 5, 2007

Faculty make musical recommendations

December 19, 2006

Postdoctoral associate Dae-Hyun Kim, left, and Professor JesÃºs del Alamo look at a cross-section of the new transistor they have been developing. Behind them is the test equipment used to measure its characteristics.

Beyond silicon: New transistor technology may power next microelectronic devices

December 12, 2006

Building 38 evacuated

December 8, 2006

Hayes Raffle, a grad student at the Media Lab, demonstrates an iCampus project -- a programmable moose. Twisting its extremities generates both action and 'learning.'

Virtual lab partners and plush robo-pet are fruits of iCampus

December 8, 2006

Austrian honor for Zhang

December 8, 2006

Marshall winner Finale Doshi sits beside a wheelchair equipped with a voice-activated command system she designed.

Marshall winner has dual focus: technology and altruism

Tendonitis inspired MIT grad student

December 5, 2006

A supernova remnant acts like a relativistic pinball machine by accelerating electrons to enormous energies. The blue, wispy arcs in this image of Cassiopeia A, the youngest supernova remnant in the Milky Way, show where the acceleration is taking place in an expanding shock wave generated by the explosion. The red and green regions show material from the destroyed star that has been heated to mil...

Cosmic rays discerned in supernova remnants

New images from NASA show how electrons accelerate from exploded stars

November 20, 2006

Julie Norris will serve as interim head, Office for Sponsored Programs

November 20, 2006

MIT chemist studies how electrons behave

New spin on electrons could improve lights, other devices

November 17, 2006

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Flow of tiny bubbles mimics computer circuitry

MIT 'optics on a chip' may revolutionize telecom, computing

MIT improves protein sorting with a new microchip

Nanocomposite research yields strong and stretchy fibers

William Orme-Johnson, inorganic biochemistry expert, dies at 68

Faculty make musical recommendations

Beyond silicon: New transistor technology may power next microelectronic devices

Building 38 evacuated

Virtual lab partners and plush robo-pet are fruits of iCampus

Austrian honor for Zhang

Marshall winner has dual focus: technology and altruism

Cosmic rays discerned in supernova remnants

Julie Norris will serve as interim head, Office for Sponsored Programs

MIT chemist studies how electrons behave

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