Small springs could provide big power
Mechanical engineer Carol Livermore and colleagues find that carbon nanotubes, used as springs, have potential to compete with batteries for energy storage.
Braille made simple
MIT students develop device that could make labeling easier for the visually impaired. Product could be on the market next year.
The hunt for dark matter
MIT physicists are working on new detectors that may, at last, help them find the elusive particles thought to constitute up to a quarter of the universe.
Avoiding carbon copies
Can free-market enterprise generate clean-energy breakthroughs? Economist Daron Acemoglu says it's unlikely — unless government and universities help.
Cement’s basic molecular structure finally decoded
Robustness comes from messiness, not a clean geometric
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3 from MIT among Technology Review's top young innovators
Jose Gomez Marquez named 'humanitarian of the year'
Quanta Computer extends collaboration with CSAIL
$25 million agreement to fund research on cloud computing, mobile technologies
Peeling stickers may lead way to stretchable electronics
New model enables precise design of damage-resistant materials
Drawing inspiration from nature to build a better radio
New radio chip mimics human ear, could enable universal radio