Resilient places
New MIT initiative will respond to the deeply human challenge of rebuilding after blight or catastrophe
Affordable precision printing for pros
MIT spinout Formlabs brings high-resolution, low-cost 3-D printing to makers, engineers and designers.
J. Meejin Yoon appointed head of the Department of Architecture
Widely honored for her work in architecture, design, and education, Yoon is the first woman in this post
Global survey: Climate change now a mainstream part of city planning
Survey reveals cities are planning for climate change, but still searching for links to economic growth.
Illuminating neuron activity in 3-D
New technique allows scientists to monitor the entire nervous system of a small worm.
Glasses-free 3-D projector
New design could also make conventional 2-D video higher in resolution and contrast.
MIT announces new initiative on environment
Multidisciplinary program, to be led by Susan Solomon, will encourage collaborations among researchers in different fields.
A new approach to development in Latin America
Grad student Alba Medina Flores mixes affordable housing with social consciousness
Smart components that assemble themselves
Skylar Tibbits launches the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, where researchers are building materials that can coalesce on their own to form structures.
