School of Engineering welcomes Sophie Vandebroek as first visiting scholar
Primary focus will be to engage engineering students and peers from across the Institute on the school’s outreach and diversity activities.
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Creating new opportunities from nanoscale materials
MIT Professor Frances Ross is pioneering new techniques to study materials growth and how structure relates to performance.
Cleaning up hydrogen peroxide production
Solugen’s engineered enzymes offer a biologically-inspired method for producing the chemical.
MIT’s fleet of autonomous boats can now shapeshift
New capabilities allow “roboats” to change configurations to form pop-up bridges, stages, and other structures.
Chris Caplice appointed MIT senior research scientist
Executive director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics is recognized for his commitment to research and education in supply chain management.
The Engine expands, responding to rapid growth of “tough tech”
New location will support growing innovation ecosystem; serve as hub for the region.
High-precision technique stores cellular “memory” in DNA
Engineers program human and bacterial cells to keep a record of complex molecular events.
3 Questions: Heather Hendershot on the state of US political discourse
Media historian and expert on conservatism considers the end of rational dialog.
Physicists design an experiment to pin down the origin of the elements
With help from next-generation particle accelerators, the approach may nail down the rate of oxygen production in the universe.
Mentorship and scholarship keep summer biology research program strong
Support from Squire Booker PhD ’94 and the Bernard S. and Sophie G. Gould Fund helps MSRP-bio students excel.
Eight from MIT honored in 2019 Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35
Eight postdocs and alumni are among those named to the list.
Daniel Freedman wins Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
MIT professor emeritus will share $3 million prize with Sergio Ferrara and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen for discovery of supergravity.
Following the current: MIT examines water consumption sustainability
The Institute aims to update its water management practices to prepare for droughts, sea level rise, and other risks posed by the climate crisis.
Professor Emeritus Samuel Bowring, pioneering geologist and expert in geochronology, dies at 65
A professor and mentor for more than 20 years at MIT, Bowring redefined our understanding of some of the most significant events in Earth history.
Removing carbon dioxide from power plant exhaust
MIT researchers are developing a battery that could both capture carbon dioxide in power plant exhaust and convert it to a solid ready for safe disposal.