Custom-made MIT tool probes materials at the nanoscale
A scattering-type scanning nearfield optical microscope offers advantages to researchers across many disciplines.
3 Questions: Richard Milner on the messier side of physics
Physics professor's new book looks at the international collaboration behind HERMES, an experiment studying the spin structure of matter.
2021 Teaching with Digital Technology Awards honor MIT educators’ innovation and empathy
Twenty-three instructors recognized for extraordinary online teaching with annual student-nominated award.
Arlene Fiore appointed first Stone Professor in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Fiore brings a breadth of expertise in climate science, atmospheric chemistry, and air pollution to MIT.
New plasma etching system significantly expands MIT.nano process capabilities
SAMCO inductively coupled plasma etcher can process multiple materials at various sizes.
Global collaboration surges post-pandemic
MISTI Global Seed Funds program compounds Institute impact by supporting partnerships abroad.
New clues to why there’s so little antimatter in the universe
Radioactive molecules are sensitive to subtle nuclear phenomena and might help physicists probe the violation of the most fundamental symmetries of nature.
Summer 2021 recommended reading from MIT
Enjoy these recent titles from Institute faculty and staff.
Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for the first time
Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.
Three from MIT receive 2021 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
The five-year award aims to empower “the most promising innovators in science and technology.”
Some brain disorders exhibit similar circuit malfunctions
Study suggests a common mechanism underlies some behavioral traits seen in autism and schizophrenia.
The power of two
Graduate student Ellen Zhong helped biologists and mathematicians reach across departmental lines to address a longstanding problem in electron microscopy.
LIGO and Virgo detect rare mergers of black holes with neutron stars for the first time
In a 3Q, Salvatore Vitale describes how gravitational-wave signals suggest black holes completely devoured their companion neutron stars.
MIT and Harvard agree to transfer edX to ed-tech firm 2U
Two-part transaction would turn edX into a public benefit company while generously funding a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the impact of digital learning.