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Stacking 2-D Materials Produces Surprising Results
Researchers have made progress on the longstanding challenge of developing a band gap property in graphene, essential for using the material to make transistors...
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Finding a Gecko in the Crowd
The SLOOP software system is designed to automate part of the process of matching images of animals in massive catalogs.
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New Research Could Let Vehicles, Robots Collaborate with Humans
Researchers are developing robotic systems that can negotiate with people to determine the best way to achieve their goals.
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Valuing Versatility
It's often said that we live in an age of increased specialization: physicians who treat just one ailment, scholars who study just one period, network administrators...
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Making Sense of Medical Sensors
MIT's Imaging Group is studying the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology to identify chemical compounds.
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Sorting Out the Structure of a Parkinson’s Protein
A new model of the structure of the protein most commonly associated with Parkinson's disease could lead to a new way to treat the disease.
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Can Control Theory Make Software Better?
Researchers recently demonstrated the application of control theory principles to formal verification, in a method that could benefit approximate computation.
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Making Cloud Computing More Efficient
DBSeer could alleviate cloud computing inefficiencies that arise from the overprovisioning that occurs with database-intensive applications.
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How to Predict the Progress of Technology
Moore’s Law and Wright’s Law offer the best predictions of the pace of technological progress, researchers say.
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Practicing Medicine at the Nanoscale
Modern medicine is largely based on treating patients with "small-molecule" drugs, which include pain relievers like aspirin and antibiotics such as penicillin.
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Teaching Robots Lateral Thinking
Many commercial robotic arms perform what roboticists call "pick and place" tasks: The arm picks up an object in one location and places it in another.
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MIT Researchers Build Quad Hd Tv Chip
A new high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) chip demonstrates that implementing HEVC algorithms in silicon chips is possible.
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Picture-Perfect
MIT researchers have developed a processor chip that can quickly create more realistic or enhanced lighting in a photograph.
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Cell Circuits Remember Their History
MIT researchers have developed genetic circuits in bacterial cells that perform logic functions and remember the results.
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MIT Researchers Improve Quantum-Dot Performance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a process that produces quantum dots that are uniform in size and shape, give off brightView...
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Storing Data in Individual Molecules
Moore's law—the well-known doubling of computer chips' computational power every 18 months or so—has been paced by a similarly steady increase in the storage capacity...
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Research Update: Multiple Steps Toward the 'quantum Singularity'
Four groups of researchers recently reported the completion of an experiment that involves generating individual photons and synchronizing their passage through...
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Online Learning Tool Brings 'the Crowd' Into Homework Assignments
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed Caesar, a computer system designed to provide students with feedback on their homework assignments...
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The Robotic Equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed milli-motein, a tiny robot that could lead to future devices that can fold themselves into almost...
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