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MIT students and residents of an orphanage in Peru work on, and try out, the bicilavadora — a cheap, reliable washing machine powered by bicycle parts.
On the sixth-floor of a building at MIT, students are busy measuring flour, melting chocolate and beating eggs. But they're not just trying to satisfy a sweet tooth — they're doing science.
When anthropologist Stefan Helmreich decided to study scientists who chase some of the world's smallest creatures in some of the world's most forbidding places, his research took an unexpected twist.
The Chameleon Guitar — so named for its ability to mimic different instruments — is an electric guitar whose body has a separate central section that is removable.
MIT Professor Charles Stewart discusses how race played a roll in the election of Barack Obama, but in a way you might not expect.
In this video, pairs of cells that have been trapped together are fused into single hybrid cells.
Michael Strano and Daniel Heller discuss a new nanosensor and its applications
Emily Fox, EECS graduate student discusses honey bee dances and its applications. Video by Sangmin Oh, Georgia Tech.
The exhibition features works by six artists from five countries and represents artistic and technical advancements in the field of display holography.
In this video, a bead has been loaded with a single kinesin molecule. When the bead comes in contact with a microtubule polymer (the thin rod), the kinesin motor runs unidirectionally on the microtubule polymer at a velocity of 600 - 1000 nm/sec.
MIT junior Adam Goldstein on the debate team's win in England
On Nov. 8, students from MIT helped construct a home for a family in need in Bedford, Mass. The site is part of a project by the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell (HFHGL) that includes nearly three acres of land and a historic farmhouse located at 130 North Road ...
A T cell with a polymer "backpack" attached moves across a surface. The backpack does not impede its normal motion.
The movement of B cells that carry magnetic nanoparticles in tiny polymer "backpacks" can be controlled by a magnetic field.
George Soros - Chairman, Soros Fund Management: The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
Video of a patch of engineered heart tissue "beating" in response to electrical field stimulation. The tissue was created by culturing rat heart cells on an accordion-like honeycomb scaffold developed by MIT researchers. Original magnification = 100x. Photo Credit G.C. Engelmayr Jr., MIT
A panel of five MIT faculty experts in economics and business analyze the ongoing financial crisis in the U.S. and world markets at a special session Oct. 8. Full story
In this highlight video of an Oct. 6, 2008 debate at MIT, representatives of the John McCain and Barack Obama presidential campaigns speak to the differences between their candidates' approaches to solving the nation's energy problems. View full debate. Read news ...
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