Identifying optimal product prices
New research describes a price-optimization method to increase online retailers’ revenue, market share, and profit.
Blood testing via sound waves may replace some tissue biopsies
Microfluidic device uses acoustics to quickly analyze blood for signatures of cancer and other diseases.
A new approach to ultrafast light pulses
Unusual fluorescent materials could be used for rapid light-based communications systems.
Former MIT President Paul Gray dies at 85 after lifelong career of service and leadership at the Institute
Guided by a passion for teaching, MIT’s 14th president helped steer the Institute through decades of social change.
Heather Kulik: Innovative modeling for chemical discovery
Chemical engineering professor plumbs “vast regions of chemical space.”
Research scientist Koroush Shirvan joins the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering leads projects for developing accident-tolerant fuel and optimizing nuclear energy technology.
One vaccine injection could carry many doses
Microparticles created by new 3-D fabrication method could release drugs or vaccines long after injection.
Investigating a big dam concrete problem
Researchers working to address concrete durability get a close look at the impacts of a chemical reaction known to cause structural problems.
“Peel-and-go” printable structures fold themselves
Expanding polymer enables self-folding without heating or immersion in water.
MIT named No. 5 university by U.S. News
Undergraduate engineering program is No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.
Stick, peel, or bounce: Controlling a freezing droplet’s fate
MIT study reveals a new way to enhance or reduce the adhesion of freezing droplets.
Ask an engineer
A popular resource from the School of Engineering, in which MIT engineers (among others) answer questions from the public, returns.
Mucus’ influence on bacterial behavior
Summer Scholar Gaetana Michelet explores the role mucus plays in protecting people from getting sick.
How neural networks think
General-purpose technique sheds light on inner workings of neural nets trained to process language.
On a mission to measure
From heart rates to exploding pumpkins, the topics students can explore for the Go Forth and Measure project are virtually unlimited.