Getting more heat out of sunlight
Material developed at MIT can passively capture solar heat for home heating or industrial applications.
Material developed at MIT can passively capture solar heat for home heating or industrial applications.
Annual MITEI awards support research on methane conversion, efficient energy provision, plastics recycling, and more.
Engineers design surfaces that send rain flying away, potentially preventing icing or soaking.
At the annual MIT Ship Design and Technology Symposium, naval construction and engineering students presented their work on real-life naval design projects.
MIT PhD and MBA students proposed a winning solution for sustainable food and apparel packaging.
Techniques could lead to personalized wearable and implantable devices.
Ranked at the top for the eighth straight year, the Institute also places first in 11 of 48 disciplines.
D-Lab noted for its "work to address the daily challenges of poverty through design."
From industrializing 3-D printing to creating nanomaterials at scale, John Hart is reimagining the way things are made.
Findings show how to make confined bubbles develop uniformly, instead of in their usual scattershot way.
J-WAFS announces graduate fellowships for Sahil Shah and Peter Godart, both of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Researchers have found a simple formula that could be useful for air purification, space propulsion, and molecular analyses.
David Larson, a doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering and an avid sailor, models ship-wave interactions to understand how ships behave in severe storms.
Changes in pressure, more so than temperature, strongly influence how quickly liquids turn to gas, researchers show.