Integrating Electronics onto Physical Prototypes

In place of flat “breadboards,” 3D-printed CurveBoards enable easier testing of circuit design on electronics products. | Continue reading


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The catch to putting warning labels on fake news

Study finds disclaimers on some false news stories make people more readily believe other false stories. | Continue reading


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MIT: Door-to-door canvassing slowed an epidemic

Study finds that in Liberia, volunteers limited damage from Ebola by distributing information within their own communities. | Continue reading


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Machine learning picks out hidden vibrations from earthquake data

Technique may help scientists more accurately map vast underground geologic structures. | Continue reading


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Protecting Sensitive Metadata So It Can’t Be Used for Surveillance

System ensures hackers eavesdropping on large networks can’t find out who’s communicating and when they’re doing so. | Continue reading


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How to Deflect an Asteroid

MIT engineers devise a decision map to identify the best mission type to deflect an incoming asteroid. | Continue reading


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A smart surface for smart devices

External system improves phones’ signal strength 1,000 percent, without requiring extra antennas. | Continue reading


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Cryptographic tags can help protect a supply chain

Tiny, battery-free ID chip can authenticate nearly any product to help combat losses to counterfeiting. | Continue reading


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“Sensorized” skin helps soft robots find their bearings

Flexible sensors and an artificial intelligence model tell deformable robots how their bodies are positioned in a 3D environment. | Continue reading


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Correcting the “Jitters” in Quantum Devices

A new study suggests a path to more efficient error correction, which may help make quantum computers and sensors more practical. | Continue reading


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Automated system can rewrite outdated sentences in Wikipedia articles

Text-generating tool pinpoints and replaces specific information in sentences while retaining humanlike grammar and style. | Continue reading


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MIT researchers identify security vulnerabilities in voting app

Mobile voting application could allow hackers to alter individual votes and may pose privacy issues for users. | Continue reading


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A tilted orbit may explain the highly cratered surface of the asteroid Pallas

A tilted orbit may explain the asteroid Pallas’ highly cratered surface. | Continue reading


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Simple, solar-powered water desalination

System achieves new level of efficiency in harnessing sunlight to make fresh potable water from seawater. | Continue reading


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Hey Alexa Sorry I fooled you

MIT’s new system TextFooler can trick the types of natural-language-processing systems that Google uses to help power its search results, including audio for Google Home. | Continue reading


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The complex effects of colonial rule in Indonesia

Evidence links Dutch-era sugar production and greater economic activity today. | Continue reading


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Engineers mix and match materials to make new stretchy electronics

Next-generation devices made with new “peel and stack” method may include electronic chips worn on the skin. | Continue reading


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New electrode design may lead to more powerful batteries

An MIT team has devised a lithium metal anode that could improve the longevity and energy density of future batteries. | Continue reading


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Giving cryptocurrency users more bang for their buck

Routing scheme boosts efficiency in networks that help speed up blockchain transactions. | Continue reading


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A trapped-ion pair may help scale up quantum computers

Qubits made from strontium and calcium ions can be precisely controlled by technology that already exists. | Continue reading


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“She” goes missing from presidential language

Even when people believed Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election, they did not use “she” to refer to the next president. | Continue reading


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Using Artificial Intelligence to Enrich Digital Maps

Model tags road features based on satellite images, to improve GPS navigation in places with limited map data. | Continue reading


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Model beats Wall Street analysts in forecasting business financials

Using limited data, this automated system predicts a company’s quarterly sales. | Continue reading


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Extinguishing fear is its own reward

The same neurons responsible for encoding reward also form new memories to suppress fearful ones. | Continue reading


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A biotechnology dream: nitrogen-fixing cereal crops

Voigt Lab's work could eventually replace cereal crops’ need for nitrogen from chemical fertilizers. | Continue reading


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How to verify that quantum chips are computing correctly

A new method determines whether circuits are accurately executing complex operations that classical computers can’t tackle. | Continue reading


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A new approach to making airplane parts, minus the infrastructure

Carbon nanotube film produces aerospace-grade composites with no need for huge ovens or autoclaves. | Continue reading


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Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs

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MIT Releases Results of Fact-Finding on Engagements with Jeffrey Epstein

Law firm completes independent review of faculty, staff, and administration actions. | Continue reading


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Tool predicts how fast code will run on a chip

Machine-learning system should enable developers to improve computing efficiency in a range of applications. | Continue reading


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Finding the True Potential of Algorithms

Using mathematical theory, Virginia Williams coaxes algorithms to run faster or proves they’ve hit their maximum speed. | Continue reading


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Using data from social networks to understand and improve systems

Researchers in IDSS are learning how ideas evolve over networks, quantifying the influence of individuals in networks, and making better predictions. | Continue reading


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Scientists pin down timing of lunar dynamo’s demise

Findings suggest the moon’s magnetic field was produced by the fallout of a crystallizing iron core. | Continue reading


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How strong is your knot?

With help from spaghetti and color-changing fibers, a new mathematical model predicts a knot’s stability. | Continue reading


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Bringing artificial intelligence and MIT to middle school classrooms

MIT researchers and collaborators have developed an open-source curriculum to teach young students about ethics and artificial intelligence. | Continue reading


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Assembler robots make large structures from little pieces

Systems of tiny robots may someday build high-performance structures, from airplanes to space settlements. | Continue reading


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Model beats Wall Street analysts in forecasting business financials

Using limited data, this automated system predicts a company’s quarterly sales. | Continue reading


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MIT: The Billion Year Belch

Michael Calzadilla and colleagues describe a violent black hole outburst that provides new insight into galaxy cluster evolution. | Continue reading


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Researchers produce first laser ultrasound images of humans

Technique may help remotely image and assess health of infants, burn victims, and accident survivors in hard-to-reach places. | Continue reading


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Study may explain how infections reduce autism symptoms

An immune molecule sometimes produced during infection can influence the social behavior of mice. | Continue reading


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Screen could offer better safety tests for new chemicals

Using specialized liver cells, a new test can quickly detect potentially cancer-causing DNA damage. | Continue reading


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Is there dark matter at the center of the Milky Way?

A new analysis puts dark matter back in the game as a possible source of energy excess at the galactic center. | Continue reading


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Object-recognition dataset stumped the world’s best computer vision models

Objects are posed in varied positions and shot at odd angles to spur new AI techniques. | Continue reading


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X

Using deductive reasoning, the bot identifies friend or foe to ensure victory over humans in certain online games. | Continue reading


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Understanding the Anesthetized Brain (2011)

Neuroscientist Emery Brown hopes to shed light on a longstanding medical mystery: how general anesthesia works. | Continue reading


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MIT EECS Department Reconstructed to EE, CS and AI

The Institute's largest academic department reorganizes with new leadership as part of the formation of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. | Continue reading


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Using Computers to View the Unseen

A new computational imaging method could change how we view hidden information in scenes. | Continue reading


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Helping machines perceive some laws of physics

Model registers “surprise” when objects in a scene do something unexpected, which could be used to build smarter AI. | Continue reading


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