Harry Lee is inaugural holder of EECS Advanced Television and Signal Processing Chair
New professorship is made possible by Jae S. Lim.
3 Questions: Walt Henry
Facilities engineer discusses how MIT is leading the way for universities to practice what they preach on energy efficiency.
Gail Kendall’s gift transforms historic lab
The Rohsenow Kendall Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory completes a total renovation
Biology rides to computers’ aid
Photonic crystals could usher in an age of low-power optical computing, but they’re hard to manufacture. Maybe adding a little DNA would help.
Bringing innovation to the world
MIT’s Deshpande Center helps technologies bridge the gap between the lab and the marketplace. The Obama administration likes what it sees.
Nuclear science and engineering graduate student wins NuMat award
Honored for originality of research, quality of presentation at conference
Teasing out malaria’s genetic secrets
Biological engineer’s new approach to studying gene control could lead to new drug targets.
In the World: Drinking water, from sunshine
MIT team designs solar-powered portable desalination system to use in disaster zones and remote regions.
Faster websites, more reliable data
Web servers that store data locally save time on database searches but sometimes serve up obsolete results. A new system solves that problem.
Roger Kamm elected to the Institute of Medicine
One of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine
Lending a hand
MIT researchers may be closer to understanding why spacesuit gloves hurt astronauts’ hands.