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MIT Energy Initiative Study Reports on the Future of Nuclear Energy

September 10, 2018

Findings suggest new policy models and cost-cutting technologies could help nuclear play vital role in climate solutions...

Biomedical Imaging at One-Thousandth the Cost

November 27, 2015

Mathematical modeling enables $100 depth sensor to approximate the measurements of a $100,000 piece of lab equipment

Automating Big-Data Analysis

October 19, 2015

System that replaces human intuition with algorithms outperforms 615 of 906 human teams

The Massive Impact of Neutrino Research

October 8, 2015

Physicist Joseph Formaggio discusses the significance of this year’s Nobel Prize in physics, MIT’s involvement in...

Saving Rural India’s “Liquid Cash”

September 9, 2015

MIT spinout’s milk-chillers reduce spoilage and boost yields in villages

Cutting Cost and Power Consumption for Big Data

July 10, 2015

New network design exploits cheap, power-efficient flash memory without sacrificing speed

Tiny Origami Robot

July 2, 2015

Controlled by magnetic fields, tiny robot climbs inclines, swims, and carries loads twice its weight

Freshly Squeezed Vaccines

May 23, 2015

Microfluidic cell-squeezing device opens new possibilities for cell-based vaccines.

Fibers Made by Transforming Materials

March 2, 2015

New approach could enable low-cost silicon devices in fibers that could be made into fabrics

How to Prevent Metal Embrittlement

February 5, 2015

Analysis shows certain crystal boundaries can enhance, or reduce, hydrogen’s damaging effects.

New Approach to Boosting Biofuel Production

October 8, 2014

Different environment helps yeast tolerate high levels of ethanol, making them more productive.

Workplace Diversity Can Help the Bottom Line

October 6, 2014

MIT economist scrutinizes firm data suggesting diverse offices function more effectively

Delivery by Drone

September 4, 2014

New algorithm lets drones monitor their own health during long package-delivery missions

Sorting Cells with Sound Waves

September 4, 2014

Acoustic device that separates tumor cells from blood cells could help assess cancer’s spread

Visual Control of Big Data

August 15, 2014

Data-visualization tool identifies sources of aberrant results and recomputes visualizations without them.

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