Monitoring and mitigating mercury
Amanda Giang PhD '17 models a pollutant’s pathways and helps decision makers craft more effective mitigation policies.
New system allows optical “deep learning”
Neural networks could be implemented more quickly using new photonic technology.
Socioeconomic background linked to reading improvement
Dyslexic children from lower-income families benefit more from summer reading intervention.
Hacking apparel becomes lucrative business for alumni
Clothing tinkerers innovate fashion with science-based performance dresswear and 3-D knitting.
A genomic take on geobiology
Researchers in Greg Fournier’s geobiology lab are seeking to calibrate the ancient history of life on Earth using genomic analysis.
Giving robots a sense of touch
GelSight technology lets robots gauge objects’ hardness and manipulate small tools.
Arthur Kerman, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88
Former Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Center for Theoretical Physics director made important contributions to the study of nuclear structure and reactions.
A noninvasive method for deep brain stimulation
Electrodes placed on the scalp could help patients with brain diseases.
LIGO detects merging black holes for third time
Nearly 3 billion light years from Earth, the black holes are the farthest ever detected.
New center will push frontiers of sensing technology
First “center of excellence” for new MIT.nano facility will focus on novel detectors and imaging systems.
Project Apophis
Space Systems Engineering students design a close-range mission to a giant asteroid that will fly by Earth in 2029.
Exploring elusive high-energy particles in an unusual metal
Exotic metal displays behavior that could lead to new infrared detectors.
Chemists reveal amyloid structure
Discovery of how amyloids bind metal ions sheds light on protein function.
Michale Fee receives Fundamental Science Investigator Award
Award will support studies into how the brain learns and generates complex sequential behaviors, with a focus on the songbird as a model system.