An Internet 100 times as fast
A new network design that avoids the need to convert optical signals into electrical ones could boost capacity while reducing power consumption.
Thin films show surprising reactivity
MIT findings of high oxygen activity in thin-film materials might someday lead to greatly increased power production from future fuel cells
In the World: Easy on the eyes
Simple, low-cost device that affixes to a cell phone could provide quick eye tests throughout the developing world.
Toward the Semantic Web
A new standard from the World Wide Web Consortium brings the Web a step closer to realizing the vision of its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee.
Enhancing the power of batteries
MIT team finds that using carbon nanotubes in a lithium battery can dramatically improve its energy capacity.
Researchers seek to put the squeeze on cancer
Cell contractions may be key to initiating new blood-vessel growth near tumors.
A new use for gold
Engineers turn a drawback — the stickiness of gold nanoparticles — into an advantage.
Suresh formally nominated to lead NSF
President Obama sends MIT engineering dean’s nomination to the U.S. Senate
How the brain recognizes objects
A new computational model sheds light on the workings of the human visual system and could help advance artificial-intelligence research, too.
MIT Steel Bridge Team breaks into the top 10 at national competition
The undergrads won against much larger and more experienced teams
MIT partners in DOE-funded Nuclear Energy Innovation Hub
One of nine involved in project announced May 28
More is less
Complex computer models can involve thousands of variables. But paradoxically, adding more variables can sometimes make them easier to work with.
Giving proteins a new glow
MIT chemists have designed a way to fluorescently label proteins that could shed light on protein functions never before seen.