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School of Engineering
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Students advancing a future with carbon-free fusion
PhD candidates Adam Kuang and Alex Creely are thriving after their first year at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center.
June 17, 2015 -
Seeking rare cells
Christopher Love uses microscale technology to isolate rare cells, yielding insight into human disease.
June 17, 2015 -
Amplifying small motions in large motions
Video-processing algorithm magnifies motions indiscernible to naked eye, even in moving objects.
June 16, 2015 -
Predicting sediment flow in coastal vegetation
Model could help engineers design erosion-prevention strategies in marshes, wetlands, aquatic forests.
June 16, 2015 -
Pneumonia found to harm DNA in lung cells
Hydrogen peroxide produced by some bacteria causes DNA double-strand breaks, cell suicide.
June 15, 2015 -
Can phone data detect real-time unemployment?
Study: Usage patterns vary when people are not working.
June 15, 2015 -
National Geographic identifies six from MIT community as "Emerging Explorers"
Students, researchers, and alumni among 14 honored as "young trailblazers."
June 12, 2015 -
Teaching development skills on three continents
Annual summit expands to three sessions, focused on recycling, health care, and empowering desert communities.
June 12, 2015 -
Centimeter-long origami robot
Controlled by magnetic fields, tiny robot climbs inclines, swims, and carries loads twice its weight.
June 12, 2015 -
MIT teams win 2015 Department of Energy NEUP awards
June 11, 2015 -
Robotics competition generated groundbreaking research
MIT team based robotic control algorithms on cutting-edge theory.
June 11, 2015 -
Surfaces get smooth or bumpy on demand
MIT research produces soft material with controllable surface textures that can be varied by squeezing.
June 11, 2015 -
Improving prevention of and responses to flu outbreaks
New research suggests ways to reduce the likelihood that individuals and groups will become infected with influenza.
June 10, 2015 -
Longstanding problem put to rest
Proof that a 40-year-old algorithm is the best possible will come as a relief to computer scientists.
June 10, 2015 -
Three Engineers earn Capital One Academic All-America women’s at-large awards
June 10, 2015 -
Breaking down social networks in a city
New research finds urban social networks are not determined geographically, but socially.
June 10, 2015 -
Learning from MIT.nano
An MIT class goes on a field trip — to the center of campus.
June 10, 2015 -
Metcalfe to serve as visiting innovation fellow for 2015-16 academic year
Ethernet co-inventor and 3Com founder will shape Start6, EECS’s innovation and entrepreneurship workshop.
June 8, 2015 -
Unlocking nanofibers’ potential
Prototype boosts production of versatile fibers fourfold, while cutting energy consumption by 92 percent.
June 4, 2015 -
Study: Ocean source of a greenhouse gas has been underestimated
Cycling of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, is more intense than thought, and emissions are increasing.
June 4, 2015