Security studies and military

Nathan Minami, far right, conferring with Iraqi Army Officers prior to January 2005 National Elections.

Study of systems management enhances a soldier's service

March 13, 2007

Scientists: A good lie detector is hard to find

'Spin' and fact omission leave no neuro-trace

February 12, 2007

PBS' 'Living Weapon' film features MIT expert on U.S. biological weapons program

February 2, 2007

Physicist recommends US develop 'portfolio of fuels, electricity and efficiency'

Expert likens scalability of current alternative energy technologies to wild animals: fuzzy and cute when they're small, impractical at a large scale

January 29, 2007

MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers are developing a sonic beam that seeks out buried mines the way bats seek out their prey.

Pinpoint sound beams hunt buried land mines

December 20, 2006

Stephen Meyer, expert on interaction of science, economics and politics, dies at 54

December 12, 2006

MIT political scientists list key points on Iraq

December 6, 2006

CIS panelists ponder nuclear age with Iran, North Korea

November 15, 2006

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Gareth McKinley, left, and HST graduate student Nikola Kojic used the micro-rheometer in their lab to study the viscosity and stickiness of spider silk. The taffy-like 'thread' is actually a protein solution, they found.

Engineers probe spiders' polymer art

Manufactured silk could be used for artificial tendons and ligaments, sutures, parachutes and bulletproof vests

October 30, 2006

MIT expert discusses U.S.-India nuclear pact

October 20, 2006

This micropump developed by MIT researchers allows high speed flows through microchannels with an input of only a few volts of electricity, making it possible to create portable "lab on a chip" devices.
The three-dimensional, alternating current electro-osmotic pump consists of interdigitated stepped gold microelectrodes on a glass substrate.

Portable 'lab on a chip' could speed blood tests

MIT micropump assures portability, efficiency, in routine or combat conditions

October 16, 2006

CIS 'Reporters' Notebook' paints bleak scene in Iraq

October 10, 2006

Jonathan How, a professor in aeronautics and astronautics, joins graduate students Brett Bethke, center, and Mario Valenti, right, in demonstrating their "hands-off" technique of simultaneously controlling four fully-autonomous flying vehicles using a PC.

MIT's intelligent aircraft fly, cooperate autonomously

September 26, 2006

Professor Alan Epstein and his team have been using computer-chip fabrication techniques to make a gas-turbine engine that fits in the palm of his hand.

Engine on a chip promises to best the battery

September 18, 2006

Professor offers insights on policing Baghdad

Draws parallels with Mexico City

July 25, 2006

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