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MIT grad student Alison Hoyt studies the carbon cycle of Borneo’s tropical peat swamp forests.

Stories from the swamp

Graduate student Alison Hoyt gets knee deep in the exploration of carbon cycling in the peat swamp forests of Borneo.

February 26, 2016

The MIT team has achieved the thinnest and lightest complete solar cells ever made, they say. To demonstrate just how thin and lightweight the cells are, the researchers draped a working cell on top of a soap bubble, without popping the bubble.

Solar cells as light as a soap bubble

Ultrathin, flexible photovoltaic cells from MIT research could find many new uses.

February 25, 2016

“These waves really talk to each other,” Themis Sapsis says. “They interact and exchange energy. It’s not just bad luck. It’s the dynamics that create this phenomenon.”

Rogue wave ahead

New prediction tool gives 2-3 minute warning of incoming rogue waves.

February 25, 2016

MIT junior Emily Benz instructs a group of SHINE participants.

Through dance, program turns "I can't" into "I can"

Student-run program, SHINE for Girls, teaches middle schoolers mathematics through dance.

February 24, 2016

Left: Lipid nanoparticles (carrying siRNA) are shown as they are transported inside cells using endocytic vesicles. Right: Gehrke's lab is developing a diagnostic for Dengue virus, a relative to Zika. The device shown, which tested for Ebola, has silver nanoparticles of different colors that indicate different diseases. On the left is the unused device, opened to reveal the contents inside. On the...

Confronting Zika

MIT's Institute of Medical Engineering and Science is on the front lines of efforts to diagnose and develop a vaccine against the emerging Zika virus.

February 23, 2016

Graduate student Osama Mekhi Seidahmed in the Eltahir Research Group holds up larvae of the Dengue-carrying mosquito collected in a water bottle. Environmental management techniques used for related viruses like Dengue and malaria can inform approaches to the recent Zika outbreak.

3Q: Elfatih Eltahir on what malaria and Dengue can tell us about Zika

Environmental management approaches may be key in combating mosquito-borne infectious diseases.

February 23, 2016

A new video series weaves together intimate observations of bird behavior and physiology with engineering “explainers.” Pictured here is a female pileated woodpecker.

Built to peck: MITx video series explores how woodpeckers avoid brain injury

Videos hosted by Professor Lorna Gibson bring an engineering approach to birding.

February 23, 2016

MIT's Killian Court, with Great Dome in the background

Eleven MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships

Faculty from eight MIT science and engineering departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.

February 23, 2016

MIT Central Machine Shop supervisor Andrew Gallant (left) and machinist Brian Anderson

The Central Machine Shop builds parts that make MIT research work

A secret to the success of many projects at MIT, the Central Machine Shop helps students, faculty, and staff build just about anything that can be machined.

February 22, 2016

Terrascope students Nikita Consul (left) and Jaclyn Wilson building a pressure vessel to simulate a possible underground facility for sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Terrascope recognized by National Academy of Engineering

Freshman learning community recognized as an Exemplar in Engineering Ethics Education.

February 19, 2016

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate student Anthony Carrasquillo (right) and freshman Judy Wang collected lignin from the coast, then experimented in the lab to see if light accelerates its degradation.

Opening research labs to freshmen fosters innovation and community

Mini-UROP pairs freshmen with graduate students and postdocs while broadening opportunities for enhanced learning, collaboration, and networking.

February 19, 2016

MIT faculty recipients of the 2016 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers are: (clockwise from top left) Kay Tye, Cullen Buie, Tonio Buonassisi, and William Tisdale.

Four MIT faculty win Presidential Early Career Awards

Buie, Buonassisi, Tisdale, and Tye honored with the U.S. government's highest award for young scientists and engineers.

February 19, 2016

An artist’s rendition of DNA entering bacteria.

Breaking through the bacteria barrier

New microfluidic device may speed up DNA insertion in bacteria, the first step in genetic engineering.

February 19, 2016

Communication system could make it easier to design systems that enable humans and robots to work together in emergency-response teams.

Enabling human-robot rescue teams

System could help prevent robots from overwhelming human teammates with information.

February 17, 2016

bioLogic Second Skin from the MIT Media Lab's Tangible Media Group

A living, breathing textile aims to enhance athletic performance

Researchers in the Media Lab's bioLogic group have created a new form of performance fabric that combines biomaterials research with textile design.

February 16, 2016