Mapping the brain
MIT scientists are making computers smart enough to see the connections between the brain's neurons
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3 Questions: Bradford Hager on Haiti’s coming quakes
The MIT geophysicist expects more earthquakes could hit the region relatively soon.
Iron-plated snail could inspire new armor
Analysis of unique deep-sea mollusk offers insights into design of armor for soldiers and vehicles.
Power from down under
Earth’s own heat could provide vast amounts of clean electricity, and current MIT research could help make it feasible
Levitating magnet brings space physics to fusion
Tests on a machine that mimics a planet’s magnetic field show that it may offer an ‘alternative path’ to taming nuclear fusion for power generation.
Temporary gains
MIT economist finds temporary jobs may actually reduce workers’ income and employment prospects
Reporter’s Notebook: Workshop seeks answers to Haiti crisis
Community members gather information with an eye toward developing long-term strategies to assist the quake-devastated nation.
Explained: Gallager codes
In 1993, scientists achieved the maximum rate for data transmission — only to find they’d been scooped 30 years earlier by an MIT grad student.
Extreme makeovers in space
Research suggesting that near-Earth encounters can ‘shake’ asteroids opens the door to a new field: asteroid seismology
3 Questions: Lawrence Vale on rebuilding Haiti
An MIT urban design expert explains why devastated cities are nearly always rebuilt — but why Haiti faces special challenges to reconstruction.
Picture-driven computing
New research could enable computer programming based on screen shots, not just code
New ‘nanoburrs’ could help fight heart disease
Targeted nanoparticles can home in on damaged vascular tissue and may be used to deliver drugs that help clear arteries
Explained: The Shannon limit
A 1948 paper by Claude Shannon SM ’37, PhD ’40 created the field of information theory — and set its research agenda for the next 50 years.