In the World: MIT-designed cooler preserves tuberculosis drugs, records doses
A simple cooler could help patients battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.
Crowding causes cells to produce an orderly matrix of molecules
Making proteins stand in line could lead to more lifelike lab tests.
Device may inject a variety of drugs without using needles
Jet-injected drugs could improve patient compliance, reduce accidental needle sticks.
Mujid Kazimi, of nuclear science and engineering, wins Kuwait Prize
Honored for contributions to nuclear power technology
Civil engineers find savings where the rubber meets the road
Study shows that pavement deflection under vehicle tires makes for a continuous uphill drive that increases fuel consumption.
Daniela Rus named CSAIL director
EECS professor to become new leader of MIT’s largest interdepartmental laboratory.
New mathematical framework formalizes oddball programming techniques
Loop perforation — speeding up programs by skipping instructions — is just one method that gets rigorous mathematical treatment in a new paper.
MIT awarded more than $2 million in NEUP grants, fellowships
Includes $1.65 million in Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Programs grants and $450,000 in graduate student fellowships.
Oxygen-separation membranes could aid in CO2 reduction
Ceramic membranes may reduce carbon dioxide emissions from gas and coal-fired powerplants.
Nuclear science and engineering graduate students win NEUP fellowships
Black, Boyd and Shaner among 31 recipients
Department of Mechanical Engineering's Toy Lab 'PLAYsents' student-built prototypes
In 2.00b, students focus on their inner child.
L. Rafael Reif selected as MIT’s 17th president
As provost since 2005, the president-elect has inspired innovation and played a critical role in the financial stewardship of the Institute.
A new look at prolonged radiation exposure
MIT study suggests that at low dose-rate, radiation poses little risk to DNA.