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The stucco-like surface on the right looks darker and glossier than the one on the left even though the mean luminance of both images is equal. The luminance histogram of the image on the right is positively skewed and the one on the left is negatively skewed.

MIT shows how brain tells glossy from grainy surfaces

Work could let robots see better

April 19, 2007

Daniel Barclay

Daniel J. Barclay, 22, shared wit, gift for political debate

April 19, 2007

Jean Rife, a lecturer in music and theatre arts at MIT, lit a candle for one of the victims of the shootings at Virginia Tech at an interfaith service at the MIT Chapel on Wednesday.

MIT community shares sorrow, support for Virginia Tech

April 19, 2007

Deborah Loeb Bohren

Deborah Loeb Bohren is appointed vice president for external affairs

April 18, 2007

MIT postdoc Jocelyn Monroe captivated her audience during her April 11 talk announcing the results of an experiment that could have changed some of the basic elements of particle physics.

Experiment confirms famous physics model

April 18, 2007

MIT Sloan M.B.A. students Jose Almirall, left, and Tom Duterme created mbabuzz.com to reduce anxiety among business school applicants.

Free site gives the 'buzz' on business school application

April 17, 2007

CrossTalk panel explores: Are visualizations eye candy or educational tools?

April 17, 2007

Sen. Edward Kennedy, MIT President Susan Hockfield and Harvard President Derek Bok at a luncheon at MIT's Gray House. Hockfield and Bok announced the expansion of the Kennedy Scholarship program.

MIT and Harvard to expand Kennedy Scholarship Program

April 13, 2007

Sen. Edward Kennedy delivered the 2007 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture at MIT, held in the Stata Center's Kirsch Auditorium.

Kennedy commends MIT, decries White House 'pseudo-science'

April 13, 2007

Zaha Hadid

Pritzker winner Hadid discusses fluidity in architecture, accessories

April 12, 2007

Superhero comics offer super physics lessons

April 11, 2007

Edmund Bertschinger

Five from MIT are Guggenheim Fellows

April 11, 2007

Obituaries

April 11, 2007

MIT hosts events for Cambridge Science Festival

April 11, 2007

A sleeping Einstein (Robert Najarian) listens to the whispers of dreamtellers (Debra Wise & Steven Barkhimer) in the production of "Einstein's Dreams," produced by the Catalyst Collaborative at MIT.

'Einstein's Dreams' opens as part of science festival

April 11, 2007