Study: Online classes really do work
Detailed quantitative study of learning online shows success, even among those with least preparation.
Research Laboratory of Electronics
Engineered proteins stick like glue — even in water
New adhesives based on mussel proteins could be useful for naval or medical applications.
Magnetic fields make the excitons go ’round
Theorists find a new way to improve efficiency of solar cells by overcoming exciton “traps.”
Toward optical chips
A promising light source for optoelectronic chips can be tuned to different frequencies.
Bound for robotic glory
New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass.
A new way to diagnose malaria
Using magnetic fields, technique can detect parasite’s waste products in infected blood cells.
John King, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88
Innovative researcher and educator was a champion of attacking science problems with “ferocious vigor.”
School of Engineering awards for 2014
Awards given to outstanding faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students
The science of networking
MIT senior Esther Jang uses science, engineering, and teaching to help others and challenge herself.
Terahertz imaging on the cheap
New theory could reduce number of sensors required for high-resolution imaging systems.
Mastering the biological and engineering worlds
Rahul Sarpeshkar bridges biology and engineering to advance research and applications in biotechnology, medicine, and supercomputing.
Excitons observed in action for the first time
Technique developed at MIT reveals the motion of energy-carrying quasiparticles in solid material.
New ‘switch’ could power quantum computing
A light lattice that traps atoms may help scientists build networks of quantum information transmitters.