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Audio Article: Timber or steel?

Posted December 2, 202100:04:47

Researchers at MIT have done a detailed analysis and created a set of computational tools to enable architects and engineers to design truss structures...

Audio Article: Giving robots social skills

Posted November 12, 202100:07:58

MIT researchers have now incorporated certain social interactions into a framework for robotics, enabling machines to understand what it means to help...

Audio Article: Dragging your feet? Lack of sleep affects your walk, new study finds

Posted November 5, 202100:06:36

Good sleep can be hard to come by. But a new study by researchers at MIT and the University of São Paulo in Brazil finds that if you can make up for...

Audio Article: How marsh grass protects shorelines

Posted October 20, 202100:05:38

As climate change brings greater threats to coastal ecosystems, new research can help planners leverage the wave-damping benefits of marsh plants. Read...

Audio Article: Toward a smarter electronic health record

Posted October 1, 202100:08:12

Researchers at MIT and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are combining machine learning and human-computer interaction to create a better electronic...