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- Computer program fixes old code faster than expert engineers http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/computer-program-fixes-old-code-faster-than-expert-engineers-0609 62 comments
- New quantum-dot spectrometer is small enough to function within a smartphone http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/quantum-dot-spectrometer-smartphone-0701 34 comments
- Superlubricity – tuning friction to the point where it disappears http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/tuning-friction-nanomachine-development-0604 15 comments
- MIT Announces New Institute for Data, Systems, and Society http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/mit-launches-idss-0408 6 comments
- You can’t get entangled without a wormhole (2013) http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2013/you-cant-get-entangled-without-a-wormhole-1205 20 comments
- Superconducting circuits, simplified http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/cheaper-superconducting-computer-chips-1017 3 comments
- Getting metabolism right http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/flawed-metabolic-networks-1007#.VDaR777d07c.twitter 5 comments
- Can you out-race a computer? http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/deep-learning-algorithm-can-outperform-humans-weighing-neighborhoods-0924#.VCgF2wTttIw.twitter 8 comments
- MIT study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/want-happy-worker-let-robots-take-control 33 comments
- MIT investigates power generation from the meeting of river water and seawater http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/energy-from-salt-water-0820 4 comments
- Own your own data http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/own-your-own-data-0709 44 comments
- How does a soccer ball swerve? https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/explained-how-does-soccer-ball-swerve-0617 21 comments
- Belonging to a group makes people more likely to harm others outside the group https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/when-good-people-do-bad-things-0612 47 comments
- Inside the adult ADHD brain http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/inside-adult-adhd-brain-0610 93 comments
- Italian language very efficient, German not very efficient http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/how-language-gives-your-brain-break-0803 62 comments europe
- Ocean acidification may cause dramatic changes to phytoplankton. Many species may die out and others may migrate significantly as ocean acidification intensifies. http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/ocean-acidification-phytoplankton-0720 8 comments science
- MIT Creates a Way of Automatically Fixing Software Bugs by Borrowing Code from Other Programs http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/automatic-code-bug-repair-0629 35 comments technology
- New manufacturing approach slices lithium-ion battery cost in half https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/manufacturing-lithium-ion-battery-half-cost-0623 7 comments technology
- Each time we learn something new, our brain cells break their DNA, creating damage that the neurons must immediately repair. This process also underlies age-related degeneration. http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/dna-breakage-learning-age-related-damage-0604 576 comments science
- Proof that a 40-year-old algorithm is the best possible will come as a relief to computer scientists http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/algorithm-genome-best-possible-0610 227 comments programming
- MIT, University of Michigan researchers develop a scalable and cost-effective method for continuous manufacturing of graphene films http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/manufacture-continuous-rolls-graphene-0521 57 comments science
- How the brain tells good from bad — Neuroscientists have identified two populations of neurons in the amygdala (of mice) that assign positive and negative emotions to experience. http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/neurons-assign-good-bad-emotions-0429 6 comments science
- Mike Stonebraker wins 2015 Turing Award https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/michael-stonebraker-wins-turing-award-0325 9 comments programming
- Drive-by heat mapping. No consent required. https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/startup-essess-heat-mapping-cars-0105 3 comments privacy
- MIT indefinitely removes online physics lectures and courses by Walter Lewin http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/lewin-courses-removed-1208 9 comments science
- MIT engineers have transformed the genome of the bacterium E. coli into a long-term storage device for memory. http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/bacteria-storage-device-memory-1113 11 comments science
- Computer scientists can predict the price of Bitcoin - "A researcher at MIT recently developed a machine-learning algorithm that can predict the price... allowing his team to nearly double its investment over a period of 50 days" https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/mit-computer-scientists-can-predict-price-bitcoin 62 comments science
- Crumpled graphene could provide an unconventional energy storage: Two-dimensional carbon “paper” can form stretchable supercapacitors to power flexible electronic devices https://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/crumpled-graphene-energy-storage-1003 56 comments science
- Fingertip sensor gives robot unprecedented dexterity: Equipped with a novel optical sensor, a robot grasps a USB plug and inserts it into a USB port. http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/fingertip-sensor-gives-robot-dexterity-0919 5 comments technology
- Neuroscientists identify key role of language gene: Mutation that arose long ago may be key to humans’ unique ability to produce and understand speech http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/language-gene-0915 25 comments linguistics
- Extracting audio from visual information http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/algorithm-recovers-speech-from-vibrations-0804 4 comments technology
- Vision-correcting displays: Researchers at the MIT have developed a new display technology that automatically corrects for vision defects — no glasses (or contact lenses) required. http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/new-display-technology-automatically-corrects-for-vision-defects-0731 6 comments technology
- More than glitter: Scientists explain how gold nanoparticles easily penetrate cells, making them useful for delivering drugs http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/gold-nanoparticles-may-be-useful-for-delivering-drugs-0721 16 comments science
- A new study out of MIT shows that the benefits of networking are overrated: the ties between individuals are more important than the network as a whole. http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/why-networking-doesnt-work 55 comments science
- Synchronized brain waves enable rapid learning: MIT study finds neurons that hum together encode new information http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/synchronized-brain-waves-enable-rapid-learning-0612 5 comments science
- Being in a group makes some people lose touch with their personal moral beliefs, researchers say http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/when-good-people-do-bad-things-0612 48 comments science
- MIT Developed a Camouflage Generator http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/algorithms-produce-patterns-that-could-hide-public-eyesores-0521#.u30avlaij9u.twitter 4 comments science
- New floating nuclear plant design by MIT could ride out tsunamis http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/floating-nuclear-plants-could-ride-out-tsunamis-0416 69 comments technology
- An Arctic ozone hole? Not quite: MIT researchers find that the extremes in Antarctic ozone holes have not been matched in the Arctic http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/arctic-ozone-hole-not-quite-0414 3 comments science
- Light has three fundamental characteristics: wavelength, polarization, and direction. It has only been possible to filter light via the first two, until now... http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/a-new-angle-on-controlling-light 19 comments technology