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One project that received MITEI seed funds involves developing remote-controlled robots that can walk along deep-sea oil pipes and drilling facilities, performing critical inspection and maintenance tasks. Key to the design is a foot inspired by that of the gecko, which can stick to and traverse all kinds of surfaces. The project builds on previous work in which the researchers developed "Stickybo...

MITEI awards third round of seed grants

May 5, 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

MISTI seeks proposals for seed grants

May 4, 2009

Sloan's Lo to discuss quantitative analysis and the current financial crisis in Sigma Xi lecture

May 4, 2009

Physics tackles a complex problem: how to diversify

April 30, 2009

A letter to the MIT Community from Kirk D. Kolenbrander, Vice President for Institute Affairs and Secretary of the Corporation

April 30, 2009

Awards and Honors: April 29, 2009

April 29, 2009

MIT's new faculty work/life web site

April 28, 2009

Six from MIT elected to National Academy of Sciences

April 28, 2009

Moniz named to Obama's science and technology advisory council

April 27, 2009

DOE to establish two Energy Frontier Research Centers at MIT

April 27, 2009

Back to (basics for) the future?

Ochsendorf to discuss intertwining of engineering's past, future

April 24, 2009

An urban planner's dream

An interview with DUSP's Judith Layzer

April 23, 2009

McGovern awards Scolnick Prize to HHMI investigator Nathans

Johns Hopkins professor to deliver lecture on April 27

April 23, 2009

Postdoc wins Sustainability at MIT Photo Contest

April 22, 2009

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