Space junk: The cluttered frontier
New laser technique identifies the makeup of space debris, from painted shards to Teflon.
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America opens headquarters steps from MIT campus
New AFFOA facility represents a significant MIT investment in advanced manufacturing innovation.
AFFOA launches state-of-the-art facility for prototyping advanced fabrics
New center for development of high-tech fibers and fabrics opens headquarters, unveils two products ready for commercialization.
Toward optical quantum computing
Prototype device enables photon-photon interactions at room temperature.
Shrinking data for surgical training
Technique that reduces video files to one-tenth their initial size enables speedy analysis of laparoscopic procedures.
After MIT, new officers will serve their country
Following their MIT studies, graduates in MIT’s Reserve Officer Training Corps set off on new challenges in the U.S. military.
Batteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles
Startup’s novel aluminum batteries increase the range of UUVs tenfold.
In search of a meaningful life
Popular MIT anthropology course offers contemplation and dialogue on life's big questions.
Building to better weather the storm
New dashboard developed by the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub helps builders calculate the breakeven cost of hazard mitigation in hurricane-prone areas.
NASA selects three from MIT for astronaut training
Chari, Hoburg, and Moghbeli, all with ties to the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, represent a quarter of NASA's astronaut candidate Class of 2017.
Thomas McKrell, research scientist and mentor in nuclear science and engineering, dies at 47
Lauded director of the MIT Thermal Hydraulics and Materials in Extreme Environments Laboratory was a consummate experimentalist and passionate teacher.
MIT pilots full-credit online residential course
Campus students report more flexibility, reduced stress in taking an online version of a popular MIT course.
Peatlands, already dwindling, could face further losses
Climate change could damage the fragile zones, causing major carbon emissions.
Liquid tin-sulfur compound shows thermoelectric potential
MIT researchers create a high-temperature device that produces electricity from industrial waste heat.