When is it worth remanufacturing?
MIT study shows sometimes it saves energy, sometimes it doesn’t — and sometimes it makes things worse.
How to control complex networks
New algorithm offers ability to influence systems such as living cells or social networks.
MechE’s Hosoi wins 2010 Bose Award
Annual award honors excellence in teaching from the School of Engineering.
Solar power, with a side of hot running water
New system for flat-panel solar power could be combined with hot water systems for greater performance.
New method found for controlling conductivity
Reversible control of electrical and thermal properties could find uses in storage systems.
Out of thick air
MIT graduate student is working to make water available for the world’s poor by refining the tools and techniques of fog harvesting.
MechE's Kripa Varanasi chosen for Doherty Professorship
Funding to support research on nanoengineered surfaces for hydrate mitigation in subsea oil and gas operations
Seeing below the surface
Engineers devise a new way to inspect advanced materials used to build airplanes
The big picture on energy loss
MIT system, tested in Cambridge, gives comprehensive view of energy inefficiency across large areas.
In the World: Turning old oil into new mileage
Brazilian waste pickers gain an inexpensive way to fuel their vehicles using leftover cooking oil.