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MIT Redesigns Natural Gas Power Plant For Near-Zero Carbon Emissions

With the conference in Copenhagen swiftly approaching, and the Senate analog to the Waxman-Markey "American Clean Energy and Security Act" struggling towards the floor,…

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Siftables, the Amazing Computerized Toy Blocks, Are Coming To a Store Near...

Sifteo, makers of Siftables, the ingenious cookie-sized computer blocks that play together in infinitely interesting ways, has today officially gone from MIT Media Lab…

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Ion Engines Will Make Little CubeSats Steerable

The DIY miniature satellites known as CubeSats have a lot going for them. They're cheap, they're easy to program, and they're small. That last benefit also adds a downside,…

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MIT Stumbles on a Way to Print Flexible Coatings Made of Micromachines

Microelectromechanical devices (MEMS) have the potential to enable a wide range of nanomachines. Unfortunately, MEMS suffer from the critical drawbacks of an expensive…

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With Artificial Photosynthesis, A Bottle of Water Could Produce Enough Energy...

One of the interesting side effects of last year's stimulus bill was $400 million in funding for ARPA-E, the civilian, energy-focused cousin of DARPA. And in this week's…

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MIT Student Invention Deployed in Haiti to Save Lives

While many MIT students busily build break-dancing robots or websites that let your pets network better at doggie daycare, PhD candidate Danielle Zurovcik has designed a $3…

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Breakthrough Low-Power Desalination and Purification Technology Brings Clean...

High costs, in money and energy, limit the usefulness of desalination as a way to provide drinkable water in disaster areas. However, a new method could lead to portable…

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RoboClam Is A Digging Machine

The razor clam, rarely heralded for its agility, is an amazing digger. So engineers at MIT stole a few tricks from the slim, candy bar–size mollusk to build an efficient…

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Time Capsule From 1957 Found During Construction At MIT

Science Back to the future MIT is all about the future, but during a construction project, builders came across a blast from the past.

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The Legacy Of Marvin Minsky, Who Helped Found Artificial Intelligence

Technology A pioneer of thinking about thinking Marvin Minsky, who passed away at age 88 on Sunday evening, leaves a long legacy in artificial intelligence.

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