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Mars One (and done?)
By By Jennifer Chu,| MIT News Office | 15 Oct 2014
MIT team independently assesses the technical feasibility of the proposed Mars One mission, involving sending four astronauts on a one-way trip to Mars, where they would spend the rest of their lives building the first permanent human settlement
New frontier in error-correcting codes
By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 14 Oct 2014
Nanoparticles get a magnetic handle
11 Oct 2014
Through the combining glass
09 Oct 2014
New approach to boosting biofuel production
By By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 08 Oct 2014
Different environment helps yeast tolerate high levels of ethanol, making them more productive
Japanese-American trio who invented LED lamp share 2014 Physics Nobel
07 Oct 2014
With savings in both electricity and materials, and adaptability to cheap solar power, the LED lamp holds great promise for increasing the quality of life for over 1.5 billion people around the world who lack access to electricity grids, the Nobel Committee said
Night lights guide urban mappers from the sky
07 Oct 2014
Promising new approach enables efficient, automatic mapping of urban areas from night lights
Study shows why educational achievement is inheritable
07 Oct 2014
New research finds that the high heritability of exam grades reflects many genetically influenced traits such as personality, behaviour problems, and self-efficacy and not just intelligence
John O'Keefe shares Medicine Nobel with May-Britt and Edvard Moser
06 Oct 2014
Anglo-American John O'Keefe and Norwegian couple May-Britt and Edvard Moser share the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovery of brain's GPS system
New molecule found in space connotes life origins
06 Oct 2014
Like finding a molecular needle in a cosmic haystack, astronomers have detected radio waves emitted by isopropyl cyanide, which suggests that the complex molecules needed for life may have their origins in interstellar space.
Crumpled graphene could provide an unconventional energy storage
By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 06 Oct 2014
Two-dimensional carbon “paper” can form stretchable supercapacitors to power flexible electronic devices
New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to fuel
04 Oct 2014
A solar cell that stores its own power
04 Oct 2014
Researchers have invented a solar battery -- a combination solar cell and battery -- which recharges itself using air and light, using a special process for transferring electrons between the solar panel and the battery electrode
How to make a “perfect” solar absorber
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 29 Sep 2014
Cutting electric vehicle energy use 51 per cent
25 Sep 2014
Recruiting bacteria to be technology innovation partners
24 Sep 2014
Harvard team is laying the foundation for using bacterial biofilms for production of new self-healing materials and bioprocessing technologies
Engineered proteins stick like glue — even in water
24 Sep 2014
New adhesives based on mussel proteins could be useful for naval or medical applications.
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