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A biplane to break the sound barrier
By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 22 Mar 2012
Cheaper, quieter and fuel-efficient biplanes could put supersonic travel on the horizon
Research offers new way to see inside solids
20 Mar 2012
Greenhouse gas can find a home underground
By David L. Chandler | 20 Mar 2012
Researchers send "wireless" message using elusive particles
17 Mar 2012
Researchers have for the first time sent a message through 240 metres of stone using a beam of neutrinos - nearly massless particles that travel at almost the speed of light
Guiding robot planes with hand gestures
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 14 Mar 2012
As robot planes are increasingly used for routine air missions, researchers at MIT are working on a system that would enable them to follow the same types of gestures
Fibre laser points to woven 3D displays
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 12 Mar 2012
Internet censorship revealed through the haze of malware pollution
By By Jan Zverina | 09 Mar 2012
Nanotrees harvest the sun’s energy to turn water into hydrogen fuel
By By Catherine Hockmuth | 09 Mar 2012
New picture of atomic nucleus emerges
07 Mar 2012
Going mental: Study highlights brain’s flexibility, gives hope for natural-feeling neuroprosthetics
05 Mar 2012
Building lightweight trains
05 Mar 2012
Environmentally-friendly cleaning, washing
05 Mar 2012
First aid for winemakers
02 Mar 2012
Reversing Alzheimer’s gene ‘blockade’ can restore memory, other cognitive functions
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 01 Mar 2012
Neuroscientists have shown that an HDAC2 enzyme overproduced in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients creates a blockade that shuts off genes necessary to form new memories; by inhibiting that enzyme in mice, the researchers were able to reverse Alzheimer’s symptoms
Volcanoes deliver two flavours of water
01 Mar 2012
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