Physicists steer chemical reactions by magnetic fields and quantum interference
New research provides insights into how quantum mechanics can control ultracold chemistry.
Objection: No one can understand what you’re saying
An MIT study identifies ways that lawyers could make their written documents easier for the average person to read.
New MRI probe can reveal more of the brain’s inner workings
Tracing connections between neuron populations could help researchers map brain circuits that underlie behavior and perception.
New book celebrates trailblazing MIT physicist Mildred Dresselhaus
“Carbon Queen” explores how the Institute Professor transformed our understanding of the physical world and made science and engineering more accessible to all.
A new resource for teaching responsible technology development
The Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing publishes a collection of original pedagogical materials developed for instructional use on MIT OpenCourseWare.
Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion
If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years.
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty
Seventeen new professors join the MIT community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture.
Whimsy and alkene isomerization in the Wendlandt Lab
Researchers in the Department of Chemistry have developed a groundbreaking new method for transforming alkenes into their different isomers.
Festival of Learning centers on guiding students from surviving to thriving
The annual event aims to realize the promise of "new normal" education through community and technology.
Tuning in to invisible waves on the JET tokamak
Research scientist Alex Tinguely oversees an antenna diagnostic used on the U.K.’s record-breaking fusion experiment.
More sensitive X-ray imaging
Improvements in the material that converts X-rays into light, for medical or industrial images, could allow a tenfold signal enhancement.
Chemical synthesis yields potential antibiotic
A new strategy for producing a natural compound could also be used to generate variants with even stronger antimicrobial activity.
Mentorship and medicine
MIT senior Daniel Zhang aims to provide hope for young patients and support to young students.
Assessing connections in the brain’s reading network
State-of-the-art analysis of brain images from nearly 700 children has turned up surprisingly few links between white matter structure and reading ability.
Physicists observe an exotic “multiferroic” state in an atomically thin material
Discovery shows for the first time that multiferroic properties can exist in a two-dimensional material; could lead to more efficient magnetic memory devices.