At first glance, Mars' clouds might easily be mistaken for those on Earth: Images of the Martian sky, taken by NASA's Opportunity rover, depict gauzy, high-altitude...MIT News Office From ACM News | October 9, 2013
Researchers at MIT, working with partners at NASA, have developed a new concept for a microscope that would use neutrons—subatomic particles with no electrical...MIT News Office From ACM News | October 7, 2013
A new method for transferring versatile electronics onto a flexible surface could contribute to the development of flexible displays, solar cells, and energy harvesters...RMIT News From ACM TechNews | September 19, 2013
The birth of artificial-intelligence research as an autonomous discipline is generally thought to have been the monthlong Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial...MIT News Office From ACM News | September 10, 2013
Logistics data on neighborhoods in several world cities is available online in an open-access pool of information that is graphically represented on city maps. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2013
In May 2009, the Mars rover Spirit cracked through a crusty layer of Martian topsoil, sinking into softer underlying sand.MIT News Office From ACM News | September 9, 2013
A new computer system generates transmission control protocol algorithms with transmission rates two to three times higher than those designed by humans. MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 22, 2013
In a pair of recent papers, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have demonstrated that, for a few specific tasks, it's...MIT News Office From ACM News | July 17, 2013
A new algorithm identifies the most dangerous pairs of failures among the millions of possible failures in a power grid. MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 3, 2013
The comic-book hero Superman uses his X-ray vision to spot bad guys lurking behind walls and other objects.MIT News Office From ACM News | June 28, 2013
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a new algorithm that can accurately measure the heart rates of people...MIT News Office From ACM News | June 21, 2013
One of the many promising applications of quantum mechanics in the information sciences is quantum key distribution (QKD) in which the counterintuitive behavior...MIT News Office From ACM News | May 22, 2013
It's often said that we live in an age of increased specialization: physicians who treat just one ailment, scholars who study just one period, network administrators...MIT News Office From ACM News | May 1, 2013
Many commercial robotic arms perform what roboticists call "pick and place" tasks: The arm picks up an object in one location and places it in another.MIT News Office From ACM News | March 1, 2013
MIT researchers have developed a processor chip that can quickly create more realistic or enhanced lighting in a photograph. MIT News From ACM TechNews | February 20, 2013
Twitter's home page features a regularly updated list of topics that are "trending," meaning that tweets about them have suddenly exploded in volume.MIT News Office From ACM News | November 2, 2012
During the opening ceremonies of this summer’s Olympic games in London, a musical performance culminated with a stage-set house rising into the rafters to reveal...MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | October 22, 2012