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Terramechanics Research Aims to Keep Mars Rovers Rolling
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Terramechanics Research Aims to Keep Mars Rovers Rolling

In May 2009, the Mars rover Spirit cracked through a crusty layer of Martian topsoil, sinking into softer underlying sand.

Professor Emeritus Rodney Brooks Refines the Sequel to Irobot
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Professor Emeritus Rodney Brooks Refines the Sequel to Irobot

Professor emeritus Rodney Brooks gained fame in the 1990s for co-founding iRobot, an MIT spinoff that brought the world the Roomba and other innovative, helpful...

The Brains Behind Research on the Brain
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The Brains Behind Research on the Brain

While studying physics and electrical engineering as an MIT undergraduate in the late 1990s, Mehmet Fatih Yanik managed to avoid taking any biology classes until...

Neuroscientists Plant False Memories in the Brain
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Neuroscientists Plant False Memories in the Brain

The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found guilty based on testimony from witnesses and victims who...

Research Update: Genome Editing Becomes More Accurate
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Research Update: Genome Editing Becomes More Accurate

Earlier this year, MIT researchers developed a way to easily and efficiently edit the genomes of living cells. Now, the researchers have discovered key factors...

Finding Harmony with Big Data
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Finding Harmony with Big Data

Technology developed by two MIT alumni entrepreneurs is helping developers create smarter online music-streaming services.

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.  

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.

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...

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. 

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.

Making Web Applications More Efficient
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Making Web Applications More Efficient

A new system that automatically streamlines database access patterns can make large Web applications up to three times as fast.

Mit, Intel ­nveil New Initiatives Addressing 'big Data'
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Mit, Intel ­nveil New Initiatives Addressing 'big Data'

MIT has been selected from among 55 institutions that submitted 157 proposals to host a new Intel research center that will concentrate on what's come to be called...

System Improves Automated Monitoring of Security Cameras
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System Improves Automated Monitoring of Security Cameras

A system developed at MIT uses mathematics to improve the automated monitoring of security cameras to quickly produce accurate, actionable information.

Getting to the Root of Genetics
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Getting to the Root of Genetics

For Manolis Kellis, a deep interest in biology arose partly from an immersion in multiple languages.
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