Making ‘nanospinning’ practical
Nanofibers have a dizzying range of possible applications, but they’ve been prohibitively expensive to make. MIT researchers hope to change that.
New injectable gels toughen up after entering the body
These more durable gels could find applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering.
Department snapshot: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
EECS places renewed emphasis on interdisciplinary research, partnerships with alumni and industry, and experiential learning.
Controlling heat flow through a nanostructure
MIT researchers find that heat moving in materials called superlattices behaves like waves; finding could enable better thermoelectrics.
Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program showcased in new NAE publication
One of 29 programs featured in "Infusing Real World Experiences into Engineering Education"
Driving drones can be a drag
Study shows distractions may alleviate boredom and improve drone operators’ performance.
2012-13 Xerox-MIT fellows celebrated
Fellowship program was established to support top-tier engineering students — especially women and other groups traditionally underrepresented.
Speeding algorithms by shrinking data
A new approach to processing ‘big data’ creates succinct representations of huge data sets, so that existing algorithms can handle them efficiently.
It pays to cooperate
Yeast cells that share food have a survival edge over their freeloading neighbors — particularly when there is bacterial competition.
On the hunt for rare cancer cells
Jellyfish-inspired device that rapidly and efficiently captures cancer cells from blood samples could enable better patient monitoring.