Cochlear implants — with no exterior hardware
A cochlear implant that can be wirelessly recharged would use the natural microphone of the middle ear rather than a skull-mounted sensor.
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Materials database proves its mettle with new discoveries
Project provides a systematic way of exploring the vast realm of unfamiliar materials.
Designing high-speed motors for energy storage and more
New models harness both hysteresis and self-bearing principles.
How ‘dark pools’ can help public stock markets
New paper suggests private exchanges actually increase the ratio of well-informed investors participating in public markets.
MITx course builds a systematic approach to understanding the uncertain
6.041x shows learners how to use probability to make scientifically sound predictions under uncertainty.
A new wrinkle in the control of waves
Flexible materials could provide ways to manipulate sound and light.
In the brain, timing is everything
Study reveals how the brain links memories of events that occur one after the other.
New surface treatment stops scale buildup
MIT researchers develop a slippery coating that could prevent the scaling that fouls oil wells and power plants.
Power (of electronics) to the people
Alumna Ayah Bdeir’s fast-growing startup littleBits, which sells connectable electronic modules, is helping people understand and build creatively with electronics.
Streamlining the 401(k) Investment Menu
MIT to convene focus groups to gather feedback from faculty, staff and retirees.
Introducing high school students to laser spectroscopy
Jill Sewell shepherds the Lambda Project in Professor Keith A. Nelson's lab.
Gruber outlines key upcoming moments in Affordable Care Act rollout
MIT expert weighs in on health plan’s status as legislation becomes reality.
Faculty highlight: Keith Nelson
Spectroscopy techniques demonstrate ballistic motion at micron length scales, open door to new possibilities for semiconductors, thermoelectrics.
'A quiet place to think out loud'
MIT employees participate in Mentoring 101 workshop sponsored by Human Resources and the Employee Resource Groups.