Zuber wins faculty’s Killian Award
Planetary trailblazer recognized for ‘extraordinary skills and talent.’
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The elusive capacity of networks
Calculating the total capacity of a data network is a notoriously difficult problem, but information theorists are beginning to make some headway.
Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cells
New method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.
New study links air pollution and early death in the U.K.
Researchers find car exhaust causes more premature deaths than car accidents.
Reif, Grimson: MITx aims to enhance on-campus education
New online courses add value to MIT’s residential program, provost and chancellor tell students.
Faster way to probe proteins
Infrared spectroscopy allows scientists to analyze protein structure on an ultrafast timescale.
On the hunt for mathematical beauty
Alexei Borodin uses sophisticated tools to extract information from large groups.
Calculating the cost of advanced manufacturing
The Environmentally Benign Manufacturing group studies the life cycle of new technologies.
Big innovations for uncertain times
Seventh annual MIT Energy Conference features bold new technologies in the face of an uncertain economy.