MIT.nano’s Immersion Lab opens for researchers and students
Facility within MIT.nano offers equipment and capabilities for visualizing data, creating immersive environments.
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Understanding art in a time of crisis
Associate professor of music Emily Richmond Pollock studies the way modern opera incorporates the new and the traditional.
With campus as a test bed, climate action starts and continues at MIT
MIT serves as a laboratory for a multifaceted approach to address the Institute’s own contributions to climate change.
On planetary change and human health
MIT anthropologist Amy Moran-Thomas reflects on the deep connection between planetary and human well-being.
To boost emissions reductions from electric vehicles, know when to charge
MIT researchers develop novel EV emissions model to quantify importance of vehicle charging patterns and impact of ambient temperature on EV emissions levels.
Evelyn Hu delivers 2020 Dresselhaus Lecture on leveraging defects at the nanoscale
Physicist and Harvard University professor discusses silicon vacancies, reflects on inspiration from Mildred Dresselhaus.
Q&A: Holly Jackson on building a cosmic family tree
Undergraduate in electrical engineering and computer science contributes to startling new astronomy research.
MIT labs win top recognition for sustainable practices in cold storage management
Whitehead Institute and MIT named 2020 Organizational Winners in the fourth annual International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories International Laboratory Freezer Challenge.
Saurabh Amin: Striving to make our infrastructure safer
The systems engineer focuses on making transportation, electricity, and water infrastructure more resilient against disruptions.
Lincoln Laboratory is designing a payload to integrate on Japanese satellites
The US will provide sensors to be hosted on board regional navigation satellites that Japan is developing.
Pulling the secrets of dark matter out of a hat
Grad student Chiara Salemi and Professor Lindley Winslow use the ABRACADABRA instrument to reveal insights into dark matter.
Slowing the spread of Covid-19
As cases increased worldwide this spring, mechanical engineers developed solutions to help slow and stop the spread of the coronavirus.
