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Researchers from MIT’s Microsystems Technologies Laboratories (MTL) have designed a new power converter that maintains its efficiency at currents ranging from 100 picoamps to 1 milliamp, a span that encompasses a millionfold increase in current levels.

Researchers devise efficient power converter for internet of things

Design reduces converter’s resting power consumption by 50 percent.

February 17, 2017

MIT Professor Regina Barzilay has struck up new research collaborations, drawn in MIT students, launched projects with local doctors, and begun empowering cancer treatment with the machine-learning insight that has already transformed many areas of modern life.

Putting data in the hands of doctors

Computer scientist Regina Barzilay empowers cancer treatment with machine learning.

February 16, 2017

Ozone exacts a particularly heavy toll on people living in economically disadvantaged areas, where industrial and power plants tend to cluster. While policies have been implemented to reduce ozone emissions across the country, they have not yet addressed built-in inequities in the U.S. economy, leaving low-income Americans at greatest risk for health and economic damages.

Modeling the unequal benefits of U.S. environmental policy

New toolset evaluates economic impacts of ozone reduction policies for nine income groups.

February 15, 2017

Walter Morrow, pioneering electrical engineer and former MIT Lincoln Laboratory director, dies at 88

A leader in the development of advanced satellite communication systems, Morrow led Lincoln Laboratory for 21 years.

February 15, 2017

Researchers have found that the hydrogel’s mostly watery environment helps keep nutrients and programmed bacteria alive and active. When the bacteria reacts to a certain chemical, the bacteria are programmed to light up, as seen on the left.

Living sensors at your fingertips

Cell-infused gloves and bandages light up when in contact with certain chemicals.

February 15, 2017

Among the awards presented at a recent MIT linQ event was the IMES Award, given to SmartClot, a student team designing an affordable device for low-resource settings that leverages a cellphone camera to determine coagulation status, helping to avoid potentially fatal blood clots.

MIT linQ names first IDEA^2 Global awardees

Twelve finalist teams pitched diverse new health care technologies at MIT.

February 14, 2017

American Academy in Rome appoints John Ochsendorf as 23rd director

MIT professor in architecture and engineering will serve three-year term.

February 14, 2017

The MIT Hyperloop pod sits quietly before being pushed up to speed during its big test run.

Safe at any speed

MIT’s Hyperloop team levitates through its first test-run competition.

February 14, 2017

A new method developed by researchers at MIT could lead to a way of producing high-resolution images of individual biomolecules without requiring crystallization, and it could even allow zoomed-in imaging of specific sites within the molecules.

High-res biomolecule imaging

Technique could provide unique views of single molecules that conventional methods can’t match.

February 14, 2017

Ian Waitz to step down as dean of engineering

Leadership has been defined by energy, optimism, persistence, and a commitment to leveraging the school’s impact across MIT and beyond.

February 14, 2017

This high-resolution transmission electron micrograph of particles made by the research team shows the particles’ highly uniform size and shape. These are iron oxide particles just 3 nanometers across, coated with a zwitterion layer. Their small size means they can easily be cleared through the kidneys after injection.

A new contrast agent for MRI

New iron oxide nanoparticles could help avoid a rare side effect caused by current contrast agents.

February 14, 2017

"Dedicated, smart people [can] contribute so much to our nation, but also to making the world a better place."

Featured video: Tackling science and technology together

MIT faculty reflect on why international collaboration benefits science, engineering, and technology for all.

February 13, 2017

Researchers at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories have built a low-power chip specialized for automatic speech recognition. With power savings of 90 to 99 percent, it could make voice control practical for relatively simple electronic devices.

Voice control everywhere

Low-power special-purpose chip could make speech recognition ubiquitous in electronics.

February 13, 2017

MIT researchers have developed a portable technology, known as Seq-Well, that can rapidly prepare the RNA of many cells for sequencing simultaneously.

Making single-cell RNA sequencing widely available

Portable tool could help scientists learn more about cells’ roles in many diseases.

February 13, 2017

“The challenge is to engineer a system where we get enough growth to have a productive microbial ‘ chemical factory’ but not so much that we can’ t channel enough of the sugars into a pathway to make large quantities of our target molecules,”says Kristala Prather, an associate professor of chemical engineering at MIT.

Chemical engineers boost bacteria’s productivity

New technique improves yield of useful chemicals.

February 13, 2017

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Modeling the unequal benefits of U.S. environmental policy

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Living sensors at your fingertips

MIT linQ names first IDEA^2 Global awardees

American Academy in Rome appoints John Ochsendorf as 23rd director

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High-res biomolecule imaging

Ian Waitz to step down as dean of engineering

A new contrast agent for MRI

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Chemical engineers boost bacteria’s productivity

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