Research Stories
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New laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses |
The LIRAS technique could speed up the development of acoustic lenses, impact-resistant films, and other futuristic materials. |
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Computational imaging researcher attended a lecture, found her career |
A pivotal talk led postdoc Kristina Monakhova to develop smart, computational cameras and microscopes for intelligent systems. |
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A new way to integrate data with physical objects |
StructCode, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, encodes machine-readable data in laser-cut objects by modifying their fabrication features. |
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Twelve with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023 |
Five MIT faculty, along with seven additional affiliates, are honored for outstanding contributions to medical research. |
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Boom, crackle, pop: Sounds of Earth’s crust |
MIT scientists find the sounds beneath our feet are fingerprints of rock stability. |
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Finger-shaped sensor enables more dexterous robots |
MIT engineers develop a long, curved touch sensor that could enable a robot to grasp and manipulate objects in multiple ways. |
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AI copilot enhances human precision for safer aviation |
Designed to ensure safer skies, “Air-Guardian” blends human intuition with machine precision, creating a more symbiotic relationship between pilot and aircraft. |
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Improving accessibility of online graphics for blind users |
Open-source software by MIT MAD Fellow Jonathan Zong and others in the MIT Visualization Group reveals online graphics’ embedded data in the user’s preferred degree of granularity. |
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MIT announces 2023 Bose Grants for daring new research |
Grants fund studies of honeybee tracking, glass building materials, and defining excellence in human movement. |
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James Fujimoto, Eric Swanson, and David Huang win Lasker Award |
Professor and two additional MIT affiliates honored for influential work on optical coherence tomography, which allows rapid detection of retinal disease, among other applications. |
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