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The unknowns surrounding Syria
At MIT, foreign-policy experts discuss the complications of another potential military intervention in the Middle East.
Classes launched at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
The Russian university, established in collaboration with MIT, welcomes 52 new graduate students.
Solar-cell manufacturing costs: innovation could level the field
Study shows that factors other than wages dominate trends in photovoltaic costs, raising the prospect of competitive manufacturing anywhere.
MITx philosophy course hits the hard questions
24.00x to tackle problems that 'do not have an instruction manual'
New low-temperature chemical reaction explained
Unusual reaction, never fully understood, is important to fuel combustion, atmospheric chemistry and biochemistry.
Big game hunter
MIT sociologist T.L. Taylor studies the subcultures of online gaming and the nascent world of online e-sports.
Startup cofounder discusses entrepreneurship with high schoolers
Rising high-school seniors participate in interactive webinar with MIT Sloan alum
Kenneth Stevens, professor emeritus in EECS, dies at 89
Stevens’ pioneering work as the originator of the quantal theory of speech helped earn him the National Medal of Science.
Encryption is less secure than we thought
For 65 years, most information-theoretic analyses of cryptographic systems have made a mathematical assumption that turns out to be wrong.
Brain scans may help diagnose dyslexia
Differences in a key language structure can be seen even before children start learning to read.
Views you can use? How online ratings affect your judgment
Study: Positive comments create an illusory snowball effect, while negative responses get cancelled out.
A layer of tiny grains can slow sound waves
Layer of microscopic spheres offers new approach to controlling acoustic waves.
A new way to trap light
MIT researchers discover a new phenomenon that could lead to new types of lasers and sensors.