“Nanoemulsion” gels offer new way to deliver drugs through the skin
Novel materials made with FDA-approved components could deliver large payloads of active ingredients.
Approaching the magnetic singularity
MIT researchers discover a material that changes electrical resistance only when a magnetic field is applied at a narrowly confined angle.
Spotting objects amid clutter
New approach quickly finds hidden objects in dense point clouds, for use in driverless cars or work spaces with robotic assistants.
From one brain scan, more information for medical artificial intelligence
System helps machine-learning models glean training information for diagnosing and treating brain conditions.
Engineers 3-D print flexible mesh for ankle and knee braces
Techniques could lead to personalized wearable and implantable devices.
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2019-20
Ranked at the top for the eighth straight year, the Institute also places first in 11 of 48 disciplines.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honors MIT D-Lab with National Design Award
D-Lab noted for its "work to address the daily challenges of poverty through design."
3Q: David Mindell on his vision for human-centered robotics
Engineer and historian discusses how the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing might integrate technical and humanistic research and education.
Anne White named head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Fusion energy and turbulence modeling expert will succeed Dennis Whyte.
Building the tools of the next manufacturing revolution
From industrializing 3-D printing to creating nanomaterials at scale, John Hart is reimagining the way things are made.
Researchers solve mystery of how gas bubbles form in liquid
Findings show how to make confined bubbles develop uniformly, instead of in their usual scattershot way.
PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for water solutions
J-WAFS announces graduate fellowships for Sahil Shah and Peter Godart, both of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Automated cryptocode generator is helping secure the web
System automatically writes optimized algorithms to encrypt data in Google Chrome browsers and web applications.
Teaching artificial intelligence to connect senses like vision and touch
MIT CSAIL system can learn to see by touching and feel by seeing, suggesting future where robots can more easily grasp and recognize objects.
A droplet walks into an electric field …
Researchers have found a simple formula that could be useful for air purification, space propulsion, and molecular analyses.