MIT Energy Initiative report charts pathways for sustainable personal transportation
Technological innovations, policies, and behavioral changes will all be needed to reach Paris climate agreement targets.
Predicting people's driving personalities
System from MIT CSAIL sizes up drivers as selfish or selfless. Could this help self-driving cars navigate in traffic?
Algorithm may improve brain-controlled prostheses and exoskeletons
An improved method for magnet tracking enables high-speed wireless tracking through various materials.
Microbial cooperation at the micron scale impacts biodegradation
MIT researchers demonstrate how often-ignored microbial interactions have a significant impact on the biodegradation of complex materials.
Researchers generate terahertz laser with laughing gas
Device may enable “T-ray vision” and better wireless communication.
Advancing nuclear detection and inspection
Assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering Areg Danagoulian probes deep inside cargo containers and ballistic warheads to ferret out fissile materials.
Microparticles could help fight malnutrition
New strategy for encapsulating nutrients makes it easier to fortify foods with iron and vitamin A.
SMART discovers nondisruptive way to characterize the surface of nanoparticles
New method overcomes limitations of existing chemical procedures and may accelerate nanoengineering of materials.
New tools could improve the way cement seals oil wells
Techniques for observing concrete as it sets could facilitate the development of new cements.
Using light to generate order in an exotic material
Physics experiment with ultrafast laser pulses produces a previously unseen phase of matter.
Investigating the power of group think
Political science doctoral student Clara Vandeweerdt studies how identity shapes beliefs on complex political topics such as climate change.
Flexible yet sturdy robot is designed to “grow” like a plant
Its extendable appendage can meander through tight spaces and then lift heavy loads.
New pathway for lung cancer treatment
MIT researchers identify pyrimidine biosynthesis as a target for the treatment of small cell lung cancer.
Machine learning shows no difference in angina symptoms between men and women
Finding could help overturn the prevailing notion that men and women experience angina differently.
MIT report provides guidance on climate-related financial disclosures
Recommendations could help companies deliver more useful disclosures to investors on risks they face due to climate change.