Making Martian clouds on Earth
Cloud-chamber experiments show that clouds on Mars form in much more humid conditions than clouds on Earth.
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MIT OpenCourseWare marks 10th anniversary
Open education site has reached 170 million teachers and learners in 10 years.
With NIH grant, Kay Tye will take on obesity
The MIT professor has earned a 2013 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award to further her obesity research.
Switchable magnetic pillars
Graduate student Nicolas Aimon develops pulsed laser deposition techniques for mixed multiferroic oxide films.
Beware of email phishing
Phishing is a ploy to get you to click on bogus links or disclose your username and password, giving attackers a way to access your email account.
New approach to global health challenges
MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science brings many tools to the quest for new disease treatments and diagnostic devices.
Dina Katabi and Sara Seager win MacArthur ‘genius grants’
Two MIT professors are among 24 recipients nationwide of this year’s unrestricted $625,000 prizes from the MacArthur Foundation.
Space weather’s effects on satellites
MIT study finds that high-energy electrons in space may be to blame for some satellite failures.
Chris Kaiser to step down as provost, return to the faculty
After nine years as a departmental and Institute administrator, biologist plans to return to his longtime interests in teaching and research.
Q&A: John Richardson and John Belcher on Voyager 1’s crossing and interstellar exploration
Beyond the solar system, a probe launched in 1977 is likely to find a cold, dense sea of cosmic rays.
Catalyzing the next generation of batteries
Professor Yang Shao-Horn works at the cutting edge of basic energy science research
New One Community Room opens at MIT
The space is now available to individuals, committees, clubs and working groups that focus on community-building.