For the first time, spacecraft catch a solar shockwave in the act
Solar storm found to produce “ultrarelativistic, killer electrons” in 60 seconds.
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Sylvia Ceyer elected to NAS governing council
Professor and head of the MIT Department of Chemistry will serve on the governing council of the National Academy of Sciences for a three-year term.
Tackling the “Achilles’ heel” of OLED displays
Inkjet-printing system could enable mass-production of large-screen and flexible OLED displays.
3 Questions: John Charles on enabling IS&T to meet MIT’s evolving needs
MIT’s vice president for information systems and technology shares his vision for IS&T’s future.
New source of cells for modeling malaria
Liver cells derived from stem cells can be infected with malaria and used to test potential drugs.
Langer wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Award honors one engineer’s global impact on human health.
When logic meets rhetoric
Edward Schiappa has studied reason and rhetoric from ancient Greece to “Will & Grace.”
New faculty in engineering
Twelve new faces join six academic departments in the School of Engineering.
Intrepid projects backed by Bose Grants
Five researchers embark on high-risk ventures, supported by Prof. Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
Products of progress
From bike-mounted maize shellers to solar lamps, startup brings more efficient tools to rural Tanzania.
Faculty highlight: William Tisdale
Understanding and controlling how energy moves in nanostructured materials such as quantum dots motivates assistant professor of chemical engineering William Tisdale.