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Technique inspired by dolphin chirps could improve tests of soft materials
December 5, 2018When you deform a soft material such as Silly Putty, its properties change depending on how...
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“Sun in a box” would store renewable energy for the grid
December 5, 2018MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy,...
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Inside “The Laughing Room”
December 4, 2018“The Laughing Room,” an interactive art installation by author, illustrator, and MIT graduate student Jonathan ”Jonny”...
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Blending medicine and mechanical engineering
December 3, 2018Ellen Roche is used to bridging two worlds. Originally from Galway, she has spent the past...
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Understanding how plants use sunlight
December 3, 2018Plants protect themselves from intense sunlight by rejecting much of it as heat — sometimes far...
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Hacking to fight trafficking
December 3, 2018The International Labour Organization estimates that human trafficking is the third-largest and fastest-growing illicit market worldwide,...
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What game theory tells us about politics and society
December 3, 2018Alexander Wolitzky leans back in his office chair, pauses, and starts to describe “Cycles of Conflict:...
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Two from MIT named Schwarzman Scholars for 2020
December 2, 2018An MIT doctoral student and a recent alumnus — Pablo Ducru and Michael Shum ’17, MEng...
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