“You don’t learn this in class”
Students in the MIT Energy Initiative Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program build professional skills.
Students in the MIT Energy Initiative Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program build professional skills.
Researchers design CubeSats with lasers to provide steady reference light for telescopes investigating distant planets.
Patients with lung disease could find relief by breathing in messenger RNA molecules.
Computer program can translate a free-form 2-D drawing into a DNA structure.
MIT researchers show how to make and drive nanoscale magnetic quasi-particles known as skyrmions for spintronic memory devices.
Theoretical physicist's focus on the complexity of plasma turbulence could pay dividends in fusion energy.
System breaks down complex designs into easily modifiable shapes for custom manufacturing and 3-D printing.
First measurement of its kind could provide stepping stone to practical quantum computing.
Independent Activities Period class explores the role coastal ecosystems play in protecting the environment and how climate change has affected them.
"Magic-angle" graphene named 2018 Breakthrough of the Year; first ionic plane and earliest evidence of hydrogen gas named to top 10 breakthroughs.
A research assistant and avid runner, PhD candidate Thomas Petersen discusses his experience both researching and competing on pavement.
Lincoln Laboratory's lidar data, processed quickly with support from the organization MCNC, helped FEMA assess flooding and damages caused by Hurricane Florence.
MIT president and two engineering faculty recognized for contributions with tangible impacts on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.
PhD student Julia Sokol is helping develop drip irrigation technologies that allow farmers to save water and energy.
A new concept for thermal energy storage involves a material that absorbs heat as it melts and releases it as it resolidifies — but only when triggered by light.