QS ranks MIT the world’s top university for 2016-17
Ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 42 disciplines.
Ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 42 disciplines.
Summer Scholar Jennifer Coulter works on computer simulations with associate professor of materials science Alfredo Alexander-Katz.
Simple equation predicts force needed to push objects through granular and pasty materials.
Exposed in step-like formation, layers of new photovoltaic cell harvest more of sun’s energy.
Species relationships devolve from jointly beneficial to competitive in benign environments.
Areas of expertise include robotics, writing, physics, jewelry-making, and breakfast cereal.
Summer Scholar Grant Smith works to establish parameters for making ferromagnetic thin films in the Luqiao Liu lab.
If discovered, sterile neutrinos may explain dark matter.
MIT-led team demonstrates paired topology and intrinsic magnetism in compound combining gadolinium, platinum, and bismuth.
MIT researchers develop a “physical cryptography” for secure and accurate accounting of the world’s nuclear arsenals.
Neutrinos traveling 450 miles have no individual identities, according to MIT analysis.
From proton packs to hidden props, the 2016 blockbuster draws upon MIT personalities and scientific panache.
Some “forbidden” light emissions are in fact possible, could enable new sensors and light-emitting devices.
Researchers demonstrate room-temperature ferroelectric states in ultra-thin films of tin and tellurium.