In Praise of Useless Robots

Computational Complexity of Air Travel Planning (2003) [pdf]

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New nanoparticles stimulate the immune system to attack ovarian tumors: « Targeted particles carrying the cytokine IL-12 can jump-start T cells, allowing them to clear tumors while avoiding side effects

Most male entrepreneurs start a firm in an industry closely related to their father’s industry. These ventures tend to have superior outcomes

Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain

The Missing Semester of Your CS Education (2020)

An Electrical Engineering View of a Mechanical Watch (2003) [video]

Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts: « Incorporating machine learning, MIT engineers developed a way to 3D print alloys that are much stronger than conventionally manufactured versions

Why study programming languages (2022)

New model that explains lithium intercalation rates in lithium-ion batteries could guide the design of faster-charging, longer-lasting batteries

Regarding the Compact

MIT physicists improve the precision of atomic clocks

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How federal research support has helped create life-changing medicines

Did you read the quarter-million-line license for your Slack app?

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More similarity than difference between sexes in early adolescent brain structure

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The Revised Report on Scheme or An UnCommon Lisp (1985) [pdf]

Is life a form of computation?

Integer Programming (1977) [pdf]

MIT geologists discover where energy goes during an earthquake

The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Coding

Transforming recursion into iteration for LLVM loop optimizations

Lidar optical amp helps gas industry find methane leaks and avoid costly losses

MIT software tool turns everyday objects into animated, eye-catching displays

When Your Father Is a Magician, What Do You Believe?

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