3 Questions: Eduardo Kausel on Chile’s massive earthquake
How stringent building codes limited damage in Chile, and why there’s cause for concern in parts of the U.S.
In Profile: Alex Slocum
Teaching and tinkering, and teaching how to tinker, are the driving forces for longtime MIT mechanical engineer
Nigel Wilson on the role of information technology in improving transit systems
Presented by Transportation@MIT
Learn 'How to Speak'
Professor Patrick Winston shares tips from his legendary IAP talk, "How to Speak."
Explained: Linear and nonlinear systems
Much scientific research across a range of disciplines tries to find linear approximations of nonlinear behaviors. But what does that mean?
Mechanical devices stamped on plastic
Microelectromechanical devices gave us the Wii and the digital movie projector. MIT researchers have found a new way to make them.
Cell-inspired electronics
By mimicking cells, MIT researcher designs electronic circuits for ultra-low-power and biomedical applications.
The power of nanofluids
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering research spotlight focuses on the work of Jacopo Buongiorno
How to turn blueprints green
Open-source program developed at MIT allows architects and engineers to optimize a building’s energy systems early in the design process
With $25 million grant, NSF funds center to investigate the creation of biological machines
Headquartered at MIT, the new initiative aims to dramatically advance research in complex biological systems and engage underrepresented minority groups
Sketch-interpreting software
A new system that lets people enter data into a tablet computer simply by drawing diagrams on the screen could lead to interactive whiteboards.
MIT engineers named to the NAE
The National Academy of Engineering has elected five current MIT faculty members, one member of the MIT Corporation, and a number of alumni to its ranks.