Security studies and military

Sniffing out success

MIT engineers mass-produce smell receptors in lab; 'artificial noses' to follow?

September 29, 2008

Examining cargo at the atomic level

Imaging technology could help detect nuclear material inside cargo without opening the doors

September 24, 2008

Panel to address foreign challenges awaiting next president

September 16, 2008

Solutions-driven culture draws Fallon to MIT

Veteran of global hot spots to share insights during fall CIS fellowship

September 2, 2008

MIT Lincoln LaboratoryÂ software aims to thwart cyber hackers

August 27, 2008

MIT Lincoln Laboratory's LAKaTT satellite terminal, utilized for testing communications over WGS satellites

Lincoln Lab successfully tests new satellite communications system

July 28, 2008

Polypterus senegalus is a primitive fish whose scaly armor has yielded clues to MIT researchers seeking to better protect soldiers of the future.

Protection built to scale--fish scale, that is

Primitive 'dinosaur eel' could inspire future body armor

July 27, 2008

Ex-CENTCOM commander joins MIT Center for International Studies

June 19, 2008

MIT researchers are designing sensors that use carbon nanotubes, shown here in middle and at top, to detect hazardous gases.

Super-sensitive and small: New MIT detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases

June 5, 2008

Tomorrow's soldier: powered, spring-loaded and located

Annual competition showcases innovative ideas

April 18, 2008

Ford International Professor of History and Pulitzer Prize winner John Dower delivers the Killian lecture at Kirsch Auditorium on Monday, April 7.

Dower probes 'cultures of war' in Killian award lecture

April 9, 2008

An Iraqi woman carries her young child as she flees with others from the southern Iraqi town of Basra in March 2003. This and accompanying photos are featured on the new MIT web site, Iraq: The Human Cost.

MIT web site puts human face on Iraq war

January 18, 2008

MIT research scientist Luis Velasquez-Garcia, left, and Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, are developing a tiny sensor that can detect hazardous gases, including biochemical warfare agents.

MIT gas sensor is tiny, quick

Energy-efficient device could quickly detect hazardous chemicals

January 10, 2008

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MIT finishes fourth in DARPA challenge for robotic vehicles

November 5, 2007

MIT's 'robocar' negotiated a course without a driver to advance to the finals of the DARPA Urban Challenge.

MIT's 'robocar' named a finalist in DARPA Urban Challenge

November 1, 2007

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