Thin coating on condensers could make power plants more efficient
Graphene layer one atom thick could quadruple rate of condensation heat transfer in generating plants.
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Helping robots put it all together
New algorithm lets autonomous robots divvy up assembly tasks on the fly.
SuperUROP class of 2015 graduates with high accomplishment and promise
Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart thanks SuperUROP students for their research and innovation contributions; praises program's quintessential "MIT-ness."
Gauging materials’ physical properties from video
“Visual microphone” technology could lead to noninvasive identification of objects’ structural defects.
Voltage: A new community of electrical engineers
MIT students organize a new group aimed at building a network of peers in electrical engineering.
To handle big data, shrink it
Algorithm reduces size of data sets while preserving their mathematical properties.
Newly tenured engineers
Thirteen tenure appointments are made in seven of eight academic departments in the School of Engineering.
Philips establishes alliance with MIT
Company moves R&D headquarters to Cambridge and establishes a five-year, $25 million research alliance.
Neural engineering for middle schoolers
MIT STEM Mentoring Program introduces students from Boston, Cambridge, and Lawrence to an evolving field.
Removing reflections from photos taken through windows
New algorithm exploits multiple reflections in individual images to distinguish reflection from transmission.
Object recognition for free
System designed to label visual scenes according to type turns out to detect particular objects, too.
Start6 students expand innovation horizons while making connections in Silicon Valley
San Francisco and Silicon Valley startups, MIT alumni, and venture capitalists complement and enhance the Start6 learning experience.
Student chips in with new technique for cutting silicon wafers
Leaders for Global Operation internship project earns award, could save millions for company.
“Fingerprinting” chips to fight counterfeiting
MIT spinout uses random variations in silicon chips as authentication identifiers for consumer products.