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Audio Article: Timber or steel?
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
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
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
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
Researchers at MIT and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are combining machine learning and human-computer interaction to create a better electronic...
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