A brighter future for filtered seawater MIT researchers evaluate graphene’s potential for making desalination economically viable. February 13, 2014 Read full story →
Supporting Saudi Arabian female scientists and engineers The Ibn Khaldun Fellowship program allows Saudi Arabian women with PhDs to conduct research with MIT faculty. February 10, 2014 Read full story →
Carbon nanotubes under stress Postdoc Mostafa Bedewy shows complex competition between chemical activation and mechanical forces in growing CNT forests. February 7, 2014 Read full story →
Thomas Roemer to be LGO's new executive director Former MIT Sloan faculty member succeeds retiring director Don Rosenfield. February 6, 2014 Read full story →
Faculty highlight: A. John Hart Mechanical engineering professor explores the science and technology of nano manufacturing. February 5, 2014 Read full story →
School of Science welcomes new faculty Professors' research areas include molecular mechanisms in cells, quantum condensed matter, and dark matter. February 4, 2014 Read full story →
MIT Society of Physics Students receives honorable mention, named 'distinguished chapter' This dual honor puts the MIT chapter in the top 20 percent of nearly 800 chapters nationwide. February 3, 2014 Read full story →
3-D scanning, with your smartphone Startup Viztu Technologies developed commercial software that generated 3-D models from 2-D photos, before selling to a tech giant. January 31, 2014 Read full story →
Flying the not-so-friendly skies Study shows that network carriers receive more complaints than cheaper airlines, regardless of actual service quality. January 30, 2014 Read full story →
Pedro Reis receives Early Career Award from National Science Foundation Award will fund continued development of Smart Morphable Surfaces (or Smorphs), a new class of on-demand morphable structures. January 24, 2014 Read full story →
MIT fusion experiment energized by new budget deal Alcator C-Mod to receive $22.2 million in 2014. January 24, 2014 Read full story →
MIT and Harvard release working papers on open online courses Research findings challenge common misconceptions, offer surprising insights about how students engage with MOOCs. January 21, 2014 Read full story →
Power (of electronics) to the people Alumna Ayah Bdeir’s fast-growing startup littleBits, which sells connectable electronic modules, is helping people understand and build creatively with electronics. January 15, 2014 Read full story →
SA+P receives $1 million grant from Mellon Foundation The grant will help create a Global Architecture History Teaching Collaborative. January 13, 2014 Read full story →