MIT graduate students receive prestigious Lawrence award
Award acknowledges important contributions to inertial confinement research.
Cheap, flexible solar
Tuning energy levels through surface chemistry shows promise for higher efficiency quantum dot solar cells, MIT graduate student Patrick R. Brown's work shows.
Kastner named president of Science Philanthropy Alliance
Physicist will head group aiming to build U.S. philanthropic support for basic science research.
A mollusk of a different stripe
Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays.
Power efficiency in the violin
New study identifies key design features that boost violins’ acoustic power.
Evaluating strategies for HIV vaccination
Study yields insight into generating antibodies that target different strains of HIV.
Diamonds could help bring proteins into focus
New technique could use tiny diamond defects to reveal unprecedented detail of molecular structures.
Waves in the deep
New study examines role of acoustic-gravity waves as ocean transport, early warning of tsunamis.
Qubits with staying power
Technique greatly extends duration of fragile quantum states, pointing toward practical quantum computers.
Intrepid projects backed by Bose Grants
Five researchers embark on high-risk ventures, supported by Prof. Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
Replicating a simple but elegant experiment
MIT Lincoln Laboratory's installation of a pendulum re-creates Foucault's seminal demonstration of Earth's rotation.
Particles accelerate without a push
New analysis shows a way to self-propel subatomic particles, extend the lifetime of unstable isotopes.
