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Members of the grand-prize-winning team in the MIT 100k Competition, from left to right, Krishna Yeshwant, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Hayat Sindi, Carol Waghorne, Jon Puz, Gilbert Tang.

Entrepreneurship contests reward energy, diagnosis plans

May 16, 2008

MIT researchers have figured out how the phalarope, a shorebird with a long, narrow beak, transports its food from the tip of its beak to its mouth. Here the bird feeds by pecking at the water surface.

MIT solves gravity-defying bird beak mystery

Shorebirds take advantage of surface tension to capture prey

May 15, 2008

Incoming frosh numero 'uno' on invention list

May 14, 2008

Thought provoker: MIT's Rebecca Saxe probes mechanics of judgment, beliefs

May 14, 2008

MIT admissions dean discusses incoming class

May 14, 2008

MIT student Kendra Johnson, right, conducts a coliform test with a young resident of Santa Ana, Ecuador. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('ecuador-filter-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')"><span onmouseover="this.className='cursorChange';"><strong>Open image gallery</strong></span></a><noscript> <a href="ecuador-filter-enlarged.html"><em>(no JavaScript)</em></a></noscript>

Art + technology = clean water in Ecuador

May 14, 2008

A screenshot from AudiOdyssey, an experimental computer game designed by MIT and Singaporean students to be accessible to both the visually impaired community and mainstream gamers.

Singapore-MIT game lets visually impaired share the fun

May 13, 2008

MIT students propose X-Prizes for health

New collaboration with foundation yields innovative ideas

May 13, 2008

Interview with the dean: David Schmittlein

May 12, 2008

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Hal Abelson, left, stands proudly with students who won the Google Android Prize, just after their presentation. They are Christina Wright,senior in electrical engineering and computer science, Claire Bayley,sophomore in physics, Carter Jernigan, senior in electrical engineering and computer science, and Jasper Lin, senior in math.

Four undergraduates win $25,000 prize in Google mobile software competition

May 12, 2008

Students robots in this year's 2.007 contest held at MIT competed in performing beaver-like tasks, including knocking down pool noodle 'trees' and dumping them in a ping-pong ball 'river,' to score points.

Beaver-like robots face off in annual MIT contest

May 9, 2008

Robert I. Hulsizer Jr., physics professor emeritus, 88

May 8, 2008

Get your MIT news when you want it, how you want it

May 7, 2008

Study debunks myth of job testing as race barrier

Screening can raise productivity without compromising equal opportunity

May 7, 2008

Adjunct Professor of the Humanities in the Program in Writing Alan Lightman sits in the mosque built by his and his wife's Harpswell Foundation with villagers, Muslim Chams (of the San Cham sect).

A dream come true: Lightman lights up future for Cambodians

May 7, 2008

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MIT admissions dean discusses incoming class

Art + technology = clean water in Ecuador

Singapore-MIT game lets visually impaired share the fun

MIT students propose X-Prizes for health

Interview with the dean: David Schmittlein

Four undergraduates win $25,000 prize in Google mobile software competition

Beaver-like robots face off in annual MIT contest

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Get your MIT news when you want it, how you want it

Study debunks myth of job testing as race barrier

A dream come true: Lightman lights up future for Cambodians

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