MIT team wins Clean Energy Prize for solving solar’s shade problem
Unified Solar takes home $225,000 for a circuit that augments the output of partially shaded solar cells.
Welcome to the nano age
MIT.nano will help researchers apply the power of nanotechnology to solve big problems.
New building will be a hub for nanoscale research
“MIT.nano,” to be built in the heart of campus, will house advanced cleanroom, imaging, and prototyping facilities.
New conversation on sociotechnical systems
On April 30, Li-Huei Tsai will discuss a potential memory-based treatment for PTSD
Pinpointing the 'oops' moment in the brain
MIT research sheds light on how mice "think" when they retrieve correct memories and notice their mistakes.
Brewing up sustainability
Novel system devised by MIT spinout Cambrian Innovation uses microbes to treat, extract power from wastewater.
Seven faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Among 204 elected this year to the prestigious honorary society.
Goodbye, USA; Sawubona, South Africa!
Terrascope student sees firsthand the complexity of water security in South Africa.
Creative abilities
From Boston to Bangalore, MIT senior Priyanka Saha uses technology to empower people with disabilities.
Fast way to measure DNA repair
Test analyzing cells’ ability to fix different kinds of broken DNA could help doctors predict cancer risk.
Feng Zhang wins NSF's Alan T. Waterman Award
Waterman Award is NSF's highest honor recognizing an outstanding researcher under the age of 35.
Flight path: Into the volcanic plume
Researchers in EAPS are using small unmanned aircraft systems to better understand environmental phenomena, such as dangerous volcanic plumes.
Targeting cancer with a triple threat
MIT chemists design nanoparticles that can deliver three cancer drugs at a time.
An Arctic ozone hole? Not quite
MIT researchers find that the extremes in Antarctic ozone holes have not been matched in the Arctic.