Author: Katharine Dunn
OA research in the news: Reader for the visually impaired
Researchers in the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group have built a prototype of a device that helps visually impaired people read printed text. The...
OA research in the news: Robotics expert Seth Teller dies
Seth Teller, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and head of the Robotics, Vision, and Sensor Networks group,...
OA research in the news: The cost of patent trolls
A new study by a Sloan researcher suggests that the recent increase of so-called “patent trolls”—companies that do little more than sue others over...
OA research in the news: Anand wins 2014 Drucker Medal
Mechanical engineering professor Lallit Anand has won the 2014 Daniel C. Drucker Medal, awarded by the Applied Mechanics Division of the American Society of...
OA research in the news: Storms peaking further from tropics
A new study coauthored by an MIT faculty member shows that powerful tropical storms are peaking in intensity further away from the equator. The...
OA research in the news: The structure of onscreen feelings
Can lines, shapes, and colors express emotions in movies? In her new book, “The Forms of the Affects,” literature professor Eugenie Brinkema closely looks...
RSC, ACS offer new open access options for authors
In the last year, two major chemistry publishers have expanded their open access options. The Royal Society of Chemistry continues to offer its “Gold...
OA research in the news: New building will house nanoscale research
Starting in summer 2015, construction will begin on a 200,000-square-foot building called “MIT.nano” that will replace Building 12 on the MIT campus. The building,...
MIT Libraries launches online Fair Use Quiz for students
The MIT Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Publishing, Copyright, and Licensing has launched an online Fair Use Quiz to help students better understand the core...