Moving microfluidics from the lab bench to the factory floor
The Center for Polymer Microfabrication designs manufacturing processes for a new generation of diagnostic tools.
A new dimension for solar energy
Innovative 3-D designs from an MIT team can more than double the solar power generated from a given area.
Buckle in
Inspired by a toy, the ‘buckliball’ — a collapsible structure fabricated from a single piece of material — represents a new class of 3-D, origami-like structures.
MIT graduate students head to Capitol Hill to deliver research-funding petition
More than 10,000 signed petition in support of science and engineering work.
Calculating the cost of advanced manufacturing
The Environmentally Benign Manufacturing group studies the life cycle of new technologies.
Sen. Kerry tours Alcator C-Mod tokamak
Project is at risk of being terminated due to proposed federal budget cuts.
Greenhouse gas can find a home underground
New MIT analysis shows there’s enough room to safely store at least a century’s worth of U.S. fossil fuel emissions.
A biplane to break the sound barrier
Cheaper, quieter and fuel-efficient biplanes could put supersonic travel on the horizon.
Four professors named 2012 MacVicar Fellows
Broadhead, Kaelbling, Kaiser and Rose awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.
Anant Agarwal named director of new unit to advance MITx
Instructor of inaugural 6.002x course will step down as CSAIL director.
New tools to answer timeless questions
Alan Jasanoff is designing imaging sensors that could help reveal the brain’s inner workings.
New CSAIL research could help secure the cloud
DARPA funding awarded to a project that aims to develop a smart, self-healing cloud computing infrastructure.
Mass. Gov. Patrick, U.S. Reps. Capuano and Inslee visit Alcator C-Mod
Learn about fusion and its prospects as a green energy source
Guiding robot planes with hand gestures
MIT researchers are developing a system that would allow aircraft-carrier crews to direct autonomous planes using ordinary hand gestures.