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Protecting Data in the Cloud
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Protecting Data in the Cloud

A new hardware component design makes data encryption more secure by disguising cloud servers' memory-access patterns.  

Algorithm Finds Best Routes For One-Way Car Sharing
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Algorithm Finds Best Routes For One-Way Car Sharing

The most efficient car-sharing system, researchers find, also includes shuttle services.

Chiral Ferromagnet Demo Hints at High-Performance Storage Systems
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Chiral Ferromagnet Demo Hints at High-Performance Storage Systems

MIT researchers have demonstrated efficient control of magnetism in chiral ferromagnets, which could lead to better data storage systems.

Can You Feel Me Now?
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Can You Feel Me Now?

An array that tracks motor vibrations through the skin may help engineers design wearable tactile displays that use the skin as a medium of communication.

Data From First Mooc Offers Preliminary Insights Into Online Learning
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Data From First Mooc Offers Preliminary Insights Into Online Learning

Researchers looked for clues about online learning by analyzing the pageviews, clickstreams, and discussion threads of students taking 6.002x, the free online version...

Opening Dropbox
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Opening Dropbox

If you walk the halls at MIT, you may notice a lot of students wearing T-shirts bearing the Dropbox logo. It's a simple design—an opened box—but one that carries...

Meet the Maker
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Meet the Maker

MIT alumna Limor Fried has become a pioneer of the 'maker movement' with Adafruit Industries, her multimillion-dollar seller of do-it-yourself kits.

Making Quantum Encryption Practical
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Making Quantum Encryption Practical

One of the many promising applications of quantum mechanics in the information sciences is quantum key distribution (QKD) in which the counterintuitive behavior...

Team Observes Real-Time Charging of a Lithium-Air Battery
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Team Observes Real-Time Charging of a Lithium-Air Battery

Researchers at MIT and Sandia National Laboratories have used TEM imaging to observe, at a molecular level, the charging of lithium-air batteries. The technique...

Sal Khan: 'i Love Learning'
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Sal Khan: 'i Love Learning'

"If there was a Ph.D. in learning everything, I would do that," the always-enthusiastic Sal Khan '98, MEng '98 said in a talk Wednesday at MIT's Kresge Auditorium...

New Research Could Let Vehicles, Robots Collaborate With Humans
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New Research Could Let Vehicles, Robots Collaborate With Humans

Vehicles, robots, and other autonomous devices could soon collaborate with humans in ways that analyze their needs and determine the best way to achieve their goals...

Learning Software Development — By Developing Software
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Learning Software Development — By Developing Software

To simulate real-world software development, MIT is offering a new course that involves students in large, ongoing, open source software development projects with...

Superlattice Structure May Improve Fuel Cells
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Superlattice Structure May Improve Fuel Cells

'Superlattice' structure could give a huge boost to oxygen reaction in fuel cells, increasing their power potential.

Modern-Day Inventor
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Modern-Day Inventor

MIT's Paul Lazarescu uses his engineering talents to help disabled populations and improve everyday technology.

Students Have Engineering on the Brain
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Students Have Engineering on the Brain

MIT's "Neurotechnology Ventures" class offers students a chance to create businesses based on their study of the brain, psychology, artificial intelligence, neurobiology...

Making Sense of Big Data
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Making Sense of Big Data

MIT Ph.D. student Jameson Toole wants to harness seemingly innocuous data to improve human lives. 

MIT 'cheetah' Robot Rivals Running Animals in Efficiency
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MIT 'cheetah' Robot Rivals Running Animals in Efficiency

MIT custom designed electric motors for the four-legged cheetah-bot robot to minimize energy waste and improve efficiency.

Sports Analytics: A Real Game-Changer
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Sports Analytics: A Real Game-Changer

As 2,700 people settled into their seats on Friday morning at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, author Michael Lewis surveyed the scene from the dais and...

Nate Silver Presents Forecasting Work as Antidote to 'terrible' Political Pundits
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Nate Silver Presents Forecasting Work as Antidote to 'terrible' Political Pundits

Celebrated political forecaster Nate Silver has shot to fame by letting the data speak loudly about elections.

Humans and Robots Work Better Together Following Cross-Training
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Humans and Robots Work Better Together Following Cross-Training

Swapping roles improves the performance of robots and human teammates working side-by-side.
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