Removing health care barriers and boundaries
Through transformative use of telemedicine, researcher and instructor Amar Gupta hopes to achieve better, quicker, and less expensive health care for all.
OpenCourseWare opens up a whole new career
With self-directed learning, Trent Parker designs his own professional pathway.
A passion for service
Tchelet Segev, a senior in civil and environmental engineering, is making a better world at MIT and beyond through leadership and service.
A single-injection vaccine for the polio virus
Nanoparticles could offer a new way to help eradicate the disease worldwide.
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William Rodríguez: Helping others broaden their horizons
MIT senior and Model UN leader William Rodríguez works to encourage the global exchange of ideas.
Eight from MIT receive 2018 Fulbright awards
Graduating students and alumni will conduct research abroad in 2018-19 academic year.
Turning up the heat
Fine-tuning thermal hydraulics in reactors, doctoral student Guanyu Su hopes to advance more powerful nuclear energy technology.
Applying machine learning to challenges in the pharmaceutical industry
MIT researchers and industry form new consortium to aid the drug discovery process.
Researchers develop virtual-reality testing ground for drones
With new system, drones navigate through an empty room, avoiding crashes while “seeing” a virtual world.
“Living drug factories” may one day replace injections
Startup develops implantable, encased cells that live in the body and secrete insulin and other therapeutics.
Powered by the sun
Flux, built by the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team, was recently unveiled at Johnson Rink in preparation for its participation in the American Solar Challenge.
New theory describes intricacies of a splashing droplet
Findings may help track movement of pesticides and biological contaminants.
Plug-and-play diagnostic devices
Modular blocks could enable labs around the world to cheaply and easily build their own diagnostics.
Showcasing the results of students' real-world research
SuperUROP and Masterworks participants share the findings of their intensive hands-on projects.