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Fine-tuned laserA wholly new approach to tuning a laser’s frequency brings us a step closer to airport scanners that can distinguish aspirin from explosives.

Flight of fancyUsing an autonomous mini-helicopter, an MIT team stunned the Association for Unmanned Vehicles International by solving one of its notoriously tough challenges on the first try.

Engineering a cureBiological engineering professor Linda Griffith launches a new center to study endometriosis and other gynecological diseases.

A greener way to get electricity from natural gasA proposed system would use solid-oxide fuel cells to produce power without sending CO2 into the atmosphere. But can it compete with conventional power plants?

New computer model could lead to safer stentsStudy by HST scientists shows that location of arterial stents is critical to efficient and safe drug delivery.

The real thing?MIT business professor Renee Richardson Gosline shows that people are often unsure about telling authentic luxury goods from fakes — until they see who’s using them.

3 Questions: Suzanne Corkin on the world’s most famous amnesicThis week, scientists plan to slice the brain of H.M., the amnesia patient who died last year and whose condition helped shed light on how memories are formed.

Reporter’s Notebook: Game TheoryAt the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, researchers examine what makes video games click with players — or what doesn't.

Explained: The Discrete Fourier TransformThe theories of an early-19th-century French mathematician have emerged from obscurity to become part of the basic language of engineering.

ET: Check your voicemailNew message beamed to the stars commemorates Earth’s first attempt to reach out to intelligent aliens