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AAAS annual meeting puts MIT science and technology on displayThe 2013 conference, held last week in Boston, featured research presentations, hands-on demonstrations.

Picture-perfectQuick, efficient chip cleans up common flaws in amateur photographs.

Engineering cells for more efficient biofuel productionYeast research takes a step toward production of alternatives to gasoline.

Beefing up public-key encryptionMIT researchers show how to secure widely used encryption schemes against attackers who have intercepted examples of successful decryption.

MIT’s Great Dome is rebornThe dome’s ingeniously engineered oculus is reopened, letting natural light flood the rotunda of the Barker Library reading room.

The relationship between child’s play and scientific explorationLaura Schulz finds that babies learning about the world have much in common with scientists.

Robert Bishop, MIT economist and dean, dies at age 96A member of the MIT community for seven decades, he was a scholar of microeconomic theory, an innovative teacher, and a dean who helped expand the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

MIT and Eni renew energy partnershipVisiting campus, Paolo Scaroni, head of the Italian energy company, said ‘cooperation between MIT and Eni can give us phenomenal results.’

A cooler way to protect silicon surfacesNew room-temperature process could lead to less expensive solar cells and other electronic devices.

Research update: Imaging fish in 3-D
Automated system for high-speed analysis of vertebrate larvae could aid drug development.


Nevin S. Scrimshaw, pioneer in nutrition research, dies at 95Institute Professor emeritus and recipient of the World Food Prize was the founder of MIT’s former Department of Nutrition and Food Science.

Humans and robots work better together following cross-trainingSwapping of roles improves efficiency as well as robots’ confidence and humans’ trust.

Cell circuits remember their historyMIT engineers design new synthetic biology circuits that combine memory and logic.

What’s the cost and financial value of college?At MIT, experts say evidence shows the payoff from college education remains high.

Bringing a new perspective to infectious diseaseEnlisted in the fight against HIV, MIT engineers and scientists contribute new technology, materials and computational studies.

Networks of probabilityDevavrat Shah spans disciplines by looking at networks probabilistically and probabilities as networks.

MLK Jr. Breakfast addresses elements of meritocracyAnnual gathering features talks by former NBC executive as well as MIT students and administrators.

‘Invisible’ particles could enhance thermoelectric devicesNew approach could improve the efficiency of devices that harness power from temperature differences.

3 Questions: Charles Stewart ranks the voting systems in the 50 statesA new Pew Center project, spurred by MIT research, studies how well states run their elections.

India joined with Asia 10 million years later than previously thoughtNew timeline suggests India’s size before this collision was much smaller than generally assumed.