Teaching self-assembling structures a new trick
MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices.
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Portugal’s foreign minister emphasizes commitment to ‘stability’ in Europe
In MIT talk, Portas underscores country’s intent to stay the course.
System improves automated monitoring of security cameras
New approach uses mathematics to reach a compromise between accuracy, speed.
Survey: Latin American and Asian cities lead way in planning for global warming
U.S. cities trail when it comes to preparing for climate change.
Researchers achieve RNA interference, in a lighter package
Pared-down nucleic acid nanoparticle poses less risk of side effects, offers better targeting.
From yeast, researchers learn how populations collapse
Findings could help fishery and wildlife managers monitor their stocks before disaster strikes.
MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing ‘big data’
An Intel research center based at MIT will be the cornerstone of a new research project dubbed ‘bigdata@CSAIL.’
Finding good music in noisy online markets
MIT researchers revisit data from a seminal online experiment but draw more encouraging conclusions.
Mechanical engineering’s condiment-bottle coating gives waste the slip
MIT $100K competition runner-up LiquiGlide developed out of Varanasi group
3 Questions: Andrew Lo on JP Morgan’s multibillion-dollar trading loss
MIT financial markets expert addresses the need for better risk management — and a simple way to tell if JP Morgan’s failed gamble was a trade or a hedge.
In the World: MIT-designed cooler preserves tuberculosis drugs, records doses
A simple cooler could help patients battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.
Zuber wins faculty’s Killian Award
Planetary trailblazer recognized for ‘extraordinary skills and talent.’
A design to save American cities
In new book, urban studies professor Brent Ryan says shrinking American cities should stop emulating the suburbs and start supporting creative rebuilding ideas.
