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Sterilizing with the sunSolar concentrating system could replace fuel-powered or electric devices in remote villages.

Knight Fellowship has made its mark on science journalismMIT-based program has provided research experience for hundreds of reporters.

Teaching robots lateral thinkingNew algorithms could help household robots work around their physical shortcomings.

A new look at high-temperature superconductorsMethod allows direct detection of rapid fluctuations that may help to explain how high-temperature superconducting materials work.

MIT report identifies keys to new American innovationFrom ‘Main Street’ firms to multinationals, improvements possible in funding of research, collaboration among manufacturers.

Mercury may have harbored an ancient magma oceanMassive lava flows may have given rise to two distinct rock types on Mercury’s surface.

How human language could have evolved from birdsongLinguistics and biology researchers propose a new theory on the deep roots of human speech.

MIT researchers build Quad HD TV chipA new video standard enables a fourfold increase in the resolution of TV screens, and an MIT chip was the first to handle it in real time.

That’s the way the droplets adhereNew technique developed by MIT researchers provides first direct views of how drops and bubbles adhere to surfaces — and how they let go.

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.