James Modisette, a junior in aeronautics and astronautics, and Daniel Bercovici, a senior in chemistry, handle a 20-foot Olympic Star boat in the White Trophy Regatta held earlier this month in Boston Harbor. MIT, which took fifth place, hosted the 12-team event at the Cottage Park Yacht Club in Winthrop. Photo / DAVID GROSSMAN
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on October 29, 2003.
MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions has developed an electrically conductive firebrick that stores heat at high enough temperatures to power industrial processes.
By examining antigen architectures, MIT researchers built a therapeutic cancer vaccine that may improve tumor response to immune checkpoint blockade treatments.
New research shows the filter-feeders strike a natural balance between permeability and selectivity that could inform design of water treatment systems.
The longtime professor is remembered for his influential role in MIT’s linguistics program and in the expansion of foreign language instruction at the Institute.