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Student Sam Chin experiments with melted sugar. Image: John Werner

The Incredible, Edible Pneumatic Interface

Birds With Backpacks Monitor London’s Air Quality

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New Tool Makes Webpages Load 34 Percent Faster

The platform for testing macroscopic heat release. A heating element is used to provide sufficient energy to trigger the solar thermal fuel materials, while an infrared camera monitors the temperature. The charged film (right) releases heat enabling a higher temperature relative to the uncharge film (left). Image: Courtesy of the researchers

Solar Heat on Demand

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MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node Slated to Launch in 2016

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Targeting the Future of Food

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“Solving Problems, Together, for the Betterment of Humankind”

Defining the Questions: MAKE