Researchers tune material’s color and thermal properties separately
Polymers could be designed to reflect or trap heat, regardless of hue.
Polymers could be designed to reflect or trap heat, regardless of hue.
MIT students connect with premier Indian institutes, hospitals, and students to collaborate on “humanistic” assistive design.
“Hybrid” cathodes could provide more power for a given weight and volume.
At relatively balmy temperatures, heat behaves like sound when moving through graphite, study reports.
Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 3.
Near-infrared technology pinpoints fluorescent probes deep within living tissue; may be used to detect cancer earlier.
Coating graphene with wax makes for a less contaminated surface during device manufacturing.
Growing material directly onto substrates and recycling chip patterns should enable faster, simpler manufacturing.
Unusual property of the ultrastrong material could be harnessed for twisting or pulling motions.
Institute ranks within the top 2 in 17 of 48 subject areas.
Biomedical engineering and energy expert to succeed Doug Lauffenburger; with her appointment, half of MIT engineering departments will be headed by women.
System that generates coherent single particles of light could help pave the way for quantum information processors or communications.
Undergraduate research projects show how students are advancing research in human and artificial intelligence, and applying intelligence tools to other disciplines.
MIT leads AIM Photonics Academy’s development of a technician-training apprenticeship program.
J-WAFS-funded MIT research team shows a new method of fertilizer production can better suit the needs of farms in Africa and around the globe.