Topic
Research
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Robert van der Hilst named head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Succeeds Maria Zuber, who led department for the last eight years.
December 12, 2011 -
Putting the ‘art’ in artificial intelligence
CSAIL associate professor develops AI systems that can interpret images.
December 12, 2011 -
Four from MIT named AAAS fellows
December 9, 2011 -
Researchers link patterns seen in spider silk, melodies
Analogy could help engineers develop materials that make use of repeating patterns.
December 8, 2011 -
How to stop the flu
Engineering-systems researchers identify proven strategies to prevent influenza from spreading through a household.
December 7, 2011 -
With changes, the grid can take it
MIT report shows that with new policies, U.S. electric grid could handle expected influx of electric cars and wind and solar generation.
December 5, 2011 -
Digging for answers
MIT, Pfizer hold groundbreaking for new biomedical research facility in Kendall Square.
November 22, 2011 -
Inside an innovation ecosystem
History, proximity and serendipity make Kendall Square fertile ground for the next big idea.
November 22, 2011 -
Seeing cancer in three dimensions
Scientists find that the 3-D structure of a cancer cell’s chromosomes plays a big role in which genes get deleted or copied.
November 21, 2011 -
Engineering Systems Division and MIT Press launch book series
November 16, 2011 -
The first hairy microbes
New fossils reveal oldest known ciliates.
November 16, 2011 -
MIT team wins iGEM competition track
Group earns top spot in health and medicine; advances to grand finals for first time.
November 15, 2011 -
CSAIL robots take center stage
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Principal Investigator Daniela Rus collaborated with modern dance company Pilobolus this past year to bring flying robots to the stage.
November 14, 2011 -
Rethinking the fall of Rome’s republic
Historian’s innovative hypothesis paints new picture of ancient Italy and aims to explain how the Roman Republic fell.
November 9, 2011 -
Sen. Whitehouse visits Alcator C-Mod Tokamak
November 8, 2011 -
Oliva explores new ground in computational perception at CSAIL
Neuroscientist looks forward to collaborative studies of visual perception in the brain and its computational applications.
November 8, 2011 -
Navigating blindfolded
Advanced mathematical techniques enable AUVs to survey large, complex and cluttered seascapes.
November 8, 2011 -
AUVs: From idea to implementation
One day, researchers predict, these robots will be able to do tasks without a human in the loop.
November 7, 2011 -
Many man-made and natural networks have same underlying architecture
In first DES4, Albert-László Barabási explains the concept of scale-free networks using the Web.
November 3, 2011 -
The office next door
Casual conversations among colleagues can prove surprisingly fruitful. At MIT, some of those conversations have lasted for 60 years.
November 3, 2011