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Recalling the 'Giant Leap'

July 17, 2009

3 Questions: Evan Ziporyn on his new opera

June 22, 2009

Wodiczko brings immigrant stories to life for Venice Biennale

June 10, 2009

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Rahul Sarpeshkar, left, and Soumyajit Mandal display their RF (radio frequency) cochlea, a low-power, ultra-broadband radio chip. The chip, held by Mandal, is attached to an antenna, held by Sarpeshkar. The diagram on the computer monitor shows the wiring layout of the chip.

Drawing inspiration from nature to build a better radio

New radio chip mimics human ear, could enable universal radio

June 3, 2009

Jeffrey Hoffman, inside the shuttle payload bay, assists F. Story Musgrave, on the robotic arm, during the Hubble telescope's first servicing mission in 1993.

3 Questions: Jeffrey Hoffman on fixing the Hubble Space Telescope

May 5, 2009

Making waves in the brain

Researchers use lasers to induce gamma brain waves in mice

April 26, 2009

An urban planner's dream

An interview with DUSP's Judith Layzer

April 23, 2009

Pedro Torres-Carrasquillo is working on techniques for machine-based identification of dialects in a spoken language.

Dialect Detectives

System that distinguishes among variants in spoken languages could enhance automated machine translation

April 16, 2009

Awards and Honors: April 15, 2009

April 15, 2009

Music at MIT hitting all the right notes

April 15, 2009

A panel of MIT faculty experts convened March 31 to discuss "The Current Financial Crisis...Is there an End in Sight?" in 10-250. From left are William Wheaton, director of the Center for Real Estate; Andrew Lo, Harris and Harris Group Professor, Sloan School of Management; Ricardo Caballero, head, MIT Department of Economics; Bengt Holmstrom, Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics, and James Po...

MIT economists see a few bright spots

Six months after panel's initial warnings, 'we're not doomed'

April 1, 2009

Purnima Ratilal and Nicholas Makris on the bow of a ship.

Team observes genesis of fish shoals

Observations of herring apply to other animals; could impact conservation

March 26, 2009

Video artist Bill Viola, left, tries out the 'wall' in the Tangible Bits lab with the help of graduate student Jamie Zigelbaum.

Back to school

Video artist Viola, winner of McDermott award, samples new technologies during weeklong residency at MIT

March 19, 2009

Power down

IS&T recommends ways to save electricity

March 10, 2009

Q&A with Institute Professor Barbara Liskov