Colette Heald awarded AGU James Macelwane Medal
Professor in civil and environmental engineering and earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences will be honored at an awards ceremony in December.
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Stalagmites pinpoint drying of American West
Research suggests western U.S. deserts were relatively wet up until 8,200 years ago.
The U.S.-Iran nuclear deal: MIT’s experts size it up
Faculty and specialists weigh in on potential pact and global implications.
A spot market for water
Sourcewater pioneers an exchange for trading and recycling water for oil and gas production and other operations.
Toward cheaper water treatment
MIT spinout makes treating, recycling highly contaminated oilfield water more economical
What buyers want
MIT professors’ choice-modeling software predicts customer preferences for retailers.
Uncovering the mechanism of our oldest anesthetic
MIT researchers reveal brainwave changes in patients receiving nitrous oxide, or “laughing gas.”
LiquiGlide slides into consumer space
Startup brings nonstick coating to consumer goods packaging in major licensing deal.
Major step for implantable drug-delivery device
MIT spinout signs deal to commercialize microchips that release therapeutics inside the body.
MISTI welcomes new faculty directors
Patrick Jaillet is named faculty director of MIT-France; Paulo Lozano is named faculty director of MIT-Mexico.
Alumnus’s throwable tactical camera gets commercial release
Softball-sized camera can be tossed into unseen areas, sends panoramic images back to a smartphone.
New model calculates how air transport connects the world
Study finds one-stop flights are a big contributor to global connectivity.
Powering desalination with the sun
PhD student Natasha Wright makes water safe to drink for rural, off-grid Indian villages.
D-Lab Scale-Ups awards $100,000 to five social entrepreneurs
2015 fellows include MIT alumni and members of the International Development Innovation Network working in Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Modeling how thin films break up
Recent PhD recipient Rachel Zucker models phenomena collectively known as "dewetting" in microscale to nanoscale thin films.