When the Job Search Becomes a Blame Game White-collar job hunters suffer unnecessarily when they can’t find work
Tue, 02/11/2014 - 09:44
Searching for a job is tough, and the hiring process in the United States makes matters far tougher and more emotionally fraught than it needs to be. That is the central assertion of MIT’s Ofer Sharone in a new book based on his in-depth study of U… Weighing Particles at the Attogram Scale New device measures masses as small as one millionth of a trillionth of a gram
Wed, 01/15/2014 - 09:35
MIT engineers have devised a way to measure the mass of particles with a resolution better than an attogram—one millionth of a trillionth of a gram. Weighing these tiny particles, including both synthetic nanoparticles and biological components of… New Algorithm Streamlines Solutions to the ‘Max Flow’ Problem Research could boost the efficiency even of huge networks like the Internet
Fri, 01/10/2014 - 15:57
Finding the most efficient way to transport items across a network like the U.S. highway system or the Internet is a problem that has taxed mathematicians and computer scientists for decades.
To tackle the problem, researchers have traditionally… Hidden Risk in Supply Chains The costliest disruptions don’t necessarily come from the most expensive suppliers
Mon, 12/16/2013 - 16:17
A new MIT study on supply-chain risk shows no correlation between the total amount a manufacturer spends with a supplier and the profit loss it would incur if that supply were suddenly interrupted. This counterintuitive finding defies a basic… A Leap Forward in X-ray Technology New system could provide detailed images from a lightweight, portable device
Mon, 12/09/2013 - 17:16
X-rays transformed medicine a century ago by providing a noninvasive way to detect internal structures in the body. Still, they have limitations: They can’t image the body’s soft tissues, except with the use of contrast-enhancing agents that must… Inexpensive ‘Nano-Camera’ Can Operate at the Speed of Light For medical imaging, automobile collision-avoidance, and interactive gaming
Mon, 12/02/2013 - 11:18
A $500 “nano-camera” that can operate at the speed of light has been developed by researchers in the MIT Media Lab.
The 3D camera, which was presented last week at Siggraph Asia in Hong Kong, could be used in medical imaging and collision-… Advances in Materials Drive New Technologies Quantum dots for lighting and television, specialty fibers for surgery
Tue, 11/05/2013 - 09:54
Advances in materials are driving the proliferation of new technologies, from energy to smart phones and televisions to robotic surgery, MIT faculty and industry researchers said during MIT’s recent Materials Day Symposium, hosted by the Materials… A Course for Making Things Students prepare for real-world product development through hands-on collaboration
Fri, 10/25/2013 - 09:52
‘It’s all about the process,” says MIT professor Warren Seering. He’s referring to his product design and development class (identified as Course 2.739), but he could easily be talking about product development itself.
“We want 2.739 students to… Cracked Metal, Heal Thyself In some cases, pulling apart makes cracks in metal fuse together
Mon, 10/21/2013 - 17:10
It was a result so unexpected that MIT researchers initially thought it must be a mistake: Under certain conditions, putting a cracked piece of metal under tension—that is, exerting a force that would be expected to pull it apart—has the reverse… Achieving an Innovation Nation U.S. innovation could and should be harnessed for growth
Mon, 10/14/2013 - 09:19
The U.S. economy retains myriad sources of innovative capacity—but not enough of the innovations occurring in America today reach the marketplace, according to a major two-year MIT study.
The report, by MIT’s commission on Production in the…