Taking a leap in bioinspired robotics
Mechanical engineer Sangbae Kim builds animal-like machines for use in disaster response.
Movable microplatform floats on a sea of droplets
New technique offers precise, durable control over tiny mirrors or stages.
Carl Schoellhammer wins gold medal at 2016 National Collegiate Inventors Competition
MIT postdoc honored for his work developing a technique to quickly deliver medicine to the gastrointestinal tract.
MIT Energy Initiative report provides guidance for evolving electric power sector
Experts call for regulatory, policy, and market transformation to realize potential of distributed energy technologies.
Making big data manageable
Technique shrinks data sets while preserving their fundamental mathematical relationships.
Student product ideas range from lifesaving to just plain fun
Finale of mechanical engineering class unveils wide variety of ingenious new product concepts.
3Q: Seeking concrete solutions to an environmental issue
Civil and environmental engineering graduate student Steven Palkovic looks at sustainable solutions for cement paste.
Two MIT faculty named 2016 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Cima and Merrill recognized for contributions resulting in a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.
Measuring radiation damage on the fly
Technique could continuously assess aging of materials in a high-radiation environment, in real-time.
Professors Ghoniem and Kellogg honored as Committed to Caring
These generous professors put students first, support in both large and small ways.
Caroline Colbert: Paving a path to medicine
Nuclear science and engineering senior Caroline Colbert has found herself on an unexpected career path in the medical field.
Helping policy and technology work together
Engineering grad student Keertan Kini is working to strengthen the intersection of policy and technology.
Four CSAIL researchers named ACM fellows
Association for Computer Machinery cites Erik Demaine, Fredo Durand, William Freeman, and Daniel Jackson for having "provided key knowledge" to computing.
Feng Zhang named a runner-up for TIME’s 2016 Person of the Year
MIT and Broad Institute scientist shares recognition with four other scientists for developing CRISPR gene-editing systems.