MIT News
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[:eu]Inside tiny tubes, water turns solid when it should be boiling[:]
[:eu]MIT researchers discover astonishing behavior of water confined in carbon nanotubes.[:]
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[:es]Faster parallel computing[:]
[:es]New programming language delivers fourfold speedups on problems common in the age of big data.[:]
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Automating big-data analysis
System that replaces human intuition with algorithms outperforms 615 of 906 human teams.
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To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars
For a piloted mission to Mars, fueling up on the moon could streamline cargo by 68 percent.
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Predicting change in the Alzheimer’s brain
Combining MRI and other data helps machine-learning systems predict effects of neurodegenerative disease.
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Electrospray thruster makes small satellites more capable
Small satellites are becoming increasingly popular tools for Earth-imaging, communications, and other applications. But they have major control issues: Once in space, they can’t accurately point cameras or change orbit, […]
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Wrinkle predictions
New mathematical theory may explain patterns in fingerprints, raisins, and microlenses.
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3 Questions: Ben Weiss on the lunar dynamo
The moon’s molten, churning core likely once generated a dynamo.