Gerontological Society of America names AgeLab’s Coughlin a Fellow
Will be honored at the GSA Annual Scientific Meeting in November
Computer automatically deciphers ancient language
A new system that took a couple hours to decipher much of the ancient language Ugaritic could help improve online translation software.
Moavenzadeh named president of Masdar Institute
Longtime MIT engineering professor takes on role in Abu Dhabi, effective July 1.
Emeritus: Engineering a new path
MIT chemical engineer Edward Merrill helped steer his field toward biomedicine.
Christine Ortiz is appointed dean for graduate education
The DMSE professor says she is honored to be chosen to work with and on behalf of MIT’s graduate students.
MIT’s Koch Institute in strategic partnership with Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Organizations will collaborate in multiple areas of oncology research and technology development.
An Internet 100 times as fast
A new network design that avoids the need to convert optical signals into electrical ones could boost capacity while reducing power consumption.
Thin films show surprising reactivity
MIT findings of high oxygen activity in thin-film materials might someday lead to greatly increased power production from future fuel cells
In the World: Easy on the eyes
Simple, low-cost device that affixes to a cell phone could provide quick eye tests throughout the developing world.
Toward the Semantic Web
A new standard from the World Wide Web Consortium brings the Web a step closer to realizing the vision of its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee.
Enhancing the power of batteries
MIT team finds that using carbon nanotubes in a lithium battery can dramatically improve its energy capacity.
Researchers seek to put the squeeze on cancer
Cell contractions may be key to initiating new blood-vessel growth near tumors.
A new use for gold
Engineers turn a drawback — the stickiness of gold nanoparticles — into an advantage.