Technology and society

Professor Franz-Josef Ulm with the nanoindentation machine in his research lab.

MIT engineers find way to slow concrete creep to a crawl

June 15, 2009

Peeling stickers may lead way to stretchable electronics

New model enables precise design of damage-resistant materials

June 15, 2009

MIT President Susan Hockfield shakes hands with MIT alum Buzz Aldrin ScD '63.

In space, past is prologue

Giant Leaps celebrates Apollo, looks to future missions.

June 12, 2009

Collaboration eyes computing boost for New England

Rooted at MIT, effort brings together state, industry, academia

June 11, 2009

Wodiczko brings immigrant stories to life for Venice Biennale

June 10, 2009

Blocking termites' defense mechanisms

Targeting immune system may offer sustainable pest control method

June 8, 2009

To the moon, by way of MIT

Instrumentation Lab made Apollo landings possible 40 years ago

June 3, 2009

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Rahul Sarpeshkar, left, and Soumyajit Mandal display their RF (radio frequency) cochlea, a low-power, ultra-broadband radio chip. The chip, held by Mandal, is attached to an antenna, held by Sarpeshkar. The diagram on the computer monitor shows the wiring layout of the chip.

Drawing inspiration from nature to build a better radio

New radio chip mimics human ear, could enable universal radio

June 3, 2009

Natasha Schull, assistant professor in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society.

Going for broke

Professor says Vegas gambling machines designed to get people to 'play to extinction'

May 20, 2009

An aerial shot of part of the Plataforma LogÃstica de Zaragoza (PLAZA), the largest logistics park in Europe, which was designed through a partnership with MIT. TheÂ Zaragoza Logistics Center, aÂ new research institute established through the partnership with MIT, is also based in the middle of the logistics park.Â

A renaissance in logistics for economic growth

May 19, 2009

MIT materials scientist Christopher Schuh stands next to a truck bumper coated with a new nickel-tungsten alloy that could replace chrome plating.

Finishing touches: New alloys offer alternative to chrome

May 19, 2009

Innovator Selanikio Wins $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability

April 28, 2009

Pedro Torres-Carrasquillo is working on techniques for machine-based identification of dialects in a spoken language.

Dialect Detectives

System that distinguishes among variants in spoken languages could enhance automated machine translation

April 16, 2009

Q&A with Joseph Coughlin on AGNES and the AgeLab

April 14, 2009

This stimulator was used in a study to show that how humans feel the world can actually change how they see it --Â and vice versa. The device consists of a centimeter-square array composed of 60 pins to deliver precisely controlled vibrations to the fingertips.

How you feel the world impacts how you see it

Motion illusions reveal new insights into perception

April 9, 2009

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