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A new way to assess radiation damage in reactors
A new way to assess radiation damage in reactors

Engineers designed a tool that enables faster measurements of the condition of some nuclear reactor components, potentially extending their lifetimes.

Lecture series aims to demystify, celebrate tenure
Lecture series aims to demystify, celebrate tenure

DMSE’s Tenure Talks gives glimpse into the hard work, commitment, and decisions behind one of academia’s most important posts.

Unpacking the “black box” to build better AI models
Unpacking the “black box” to build better AI models

Stefanie Jegelka seeks to understand how machine-learning models behave, to help researchers build more robust models for applications in biology, computer vision, optimization, and more.

Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?
Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?

An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia.

Portraiture at the intersection of art, science, and society
Portraiture at the intersection of art, science, and society

Exhibit at MIT's Koch Institute attempts to make visible the luminary personalities behind major scientific and engineering advances.

Simulating discrimination in virtual reality
Simulating discrimination in virtual reality

The role-playing game “On the Plane” simulates xenophobia to foster greater understanding and reflection via virtual experiences.

Scientists discover a new way of sharing genetic information in a common ocean microbe
Scientists discover a new way of sharing genetic information in a common ocean microbe

Prochlorococcus, the world’s most abundant photosynthetic organism, reveals a gene-transfer mechanism that may be key to its abundance and diversity.

New quantum computing architecture could be used to connect large-scale devices
New quantum computing architecture could be used to connect large-scale devices

Researchers have demonstrated directional photon emission, the first step toward extensible quantum interconnects.

Ian Hutchinson: A lifetime probing plasma, on Earth and in space
Ian Hutchinson: A lifetime probing plasma, on Earth and in space

Investigating the solar wind flowing past Earth, the MIT physicist and professor of nuclear science and engineering has found solitary waves that might arise within fusion devices.

Strengthening electron-triggered light emission
Strengthening electron-triggered light emission

A new method can produce a hundredfold increase in light emissions from a type of electron-photon coupling, which is key to electron microscopes and other technologies.

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