Cell circuits remember their history
MIT engineers design new synthetic biology circuits that combine memory and logic.
Bringing a new perspective to infectious disease
Enlisted in the fight against HIV, MIT engineers and scientists contribute new technology, materials and computational studies.
CSAIL launches entrepreneurship initiative
Aims to help students turn computer science ideas into successful technology startups
MIT engineers elected to national academy
Three engineers are among this year’s 69 new National Academy of Engineering members.
Networks of probability
Devavrat Shah spans disciplines by looking at networks probabilistically and probabilities as networks.
CEE students build model Guastavino vault for exhibit
The students' vaulted ceiling replica is part of a touring exhibit now at the Boston Public Library.
‘Invisible’ particles could enhance thermoelectric devices
New approach could improve the efficiency of devices that harness power from temperature differences.
Subra Suresh named next president of Carnegie Mellon University
Former dean of the MIT School of Engineering to step down from NSF post.
Lawmakers focus on MIT fusion research
Three Congressmen visited the Plasma Science and Fusion Center last week.
Purification on the cheap
System developed at MIT cleans ‘produced water’ from natural gas wells, could lead to improved desalination plants for developing countries.
Chisholm, Langer receive nation’s highest honors for scientists and inventors
President Obama presented the two MIT professors with the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation on Friday.
Undergraduate contributes to fusion reactor advancement
Jake Jurewicz, a nuclear science and engineering-physics double major, received a fellowship to develop new simulation and visualization software at the National Fusion Facility in California.
MIT researchers honored for 'Revealing Invisible Changes'
CSAIL team recognized by National Science Foundation for video that catches motions too subtle for the naked eye.
Toward practical compressed sensing
Researchers show how the vagaries of real-world circuitry affect the performance of a promising new technique in signal processing and imaging.
MIT students create new medical devices
Precision machine design class links doctors with students to find ways of meeting pressing medical needs for new technology.