How to look for a few good catalysts
New research shows non-wetting surfaces promote chemical reaction rates.
Making the new silicon
Gallium nitride electronics could drastically cut energy usage in data centers, consumer devices.
Shoring up Tor
Researchers mount successful attacks against popular anonymity network — and show how to prevent them.
Consortium including MIT awarded $110M national grant to promote photonics manufacturing
Partnership of government, industry, and academia will pursue integration of optical devices with electronics.
Colette Heald awarded AGU James Macelwane Medal
Professor in civil and environmental engineering and earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences will be honored at an awards ceremony in December.
New material opens possibilities for super-long-acting pills
A pH-responsive polymer gel could create swallowable devices, including capsules for ultra-long drug delivery.
The U.S.-Iran nuclear deal: MIT’s experts size it up
Faculty and specialists weigh in on potential pact and global implications.
Object recognition for robots
Robots’ maps of their environments can make existing object-recognition algorithms more accurate.
3 Questions: Lennon Rodgers on docking in space
System for locking satellites together, initially developed for master’s thesis, to get first space test.
MIT Rocket Team places first at International Rocket Engineering Competition
Rocket designed and built by AeroAstro students outperforms entries from 36 other teams.
Putting the pieces together
Summer interns are learning research skills while helping to make progress in materials, drug delivery, and energy in MIT labs.
New study shows how nanoparticles can clean up environmental pollutants
Nanomaterials and UV light can “trap” chemicals for easy removal from soil and water.
Designing for flexibility
Richard de Neufville teaches and practices flexible engineering design for infrastructure projects that meet the challenges of the future.
Making clean, high-quality fuels from low-quality oil
New insights into a promising approach to fuel production that would reduce costs, energy use, and carbon dioxide emissions.
Siting wind farms more quickly, cheaply
New model predicts wind speeds more accurately with three months of data than others do with 12.