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Ph.D. student Ashwini Rao utilized grammar to crack particularly long passwords.

Student uses power of grammar to crack passwords

Ashwini Rao, a software engineering Ph.D. student in the Institute for Software Research, recently made important discoveries in the field of password security.

This schematic shows the harnessing of energy from within the Earth. A production well captures heat from within the Earth’s core that produces steam and water. Water is sent back into the Earth while the steam spins turbines that produce electricity. Geothermal energy is becoming an increasingly important energy source for the United States.

How Things Work: Geothermal energy

How Things Work explores how energy is captured from heat deep within the Earth

SciTech Briefs

SciTech briefs explores dangerous house cats, a wristwatch to stop sexual violence, a south korean satellite, and a large storm on Saturn.

Matyjaszewski’s lab works with macromolecules like shown above.

Science and Technology Campus News in Brief

Krysztof Matyjaszewski of the chemistry department, and David Brumley and Onur Mutlu of electrical and computer engineering received distinguished honors and awards.

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