Physicists control electrons at femtosecond timescales
Results may help improve efficiency of solar cells, energy-harvesting devices.
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Scientists tune polymer material’s transparency
Material may offer cheaper alternative to smart windows.
Cutting down runway queues
Model that predicts time from gate departure to takeoff could cut airport congestion, fuel waste.
Student-built instrument headed to asteroid and back
Created by MIT students, REXIS has been integrated onto NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
Most distant massive galaxy cluster identified
Formed in the first 4 billion years of the universe, cluster is 1,000 times more massive than the Milky Way.
Study reveals shared behavior of microbes and electrons
Bacteria streaming through a lattice behave like electrons in a magnetic material.
Global reductions in mercury emissions should lead to billions in economic benefits for U.S.
Benefits from international regulations may double those of domestic policy.
New device uses carbon nanotubes to snag molecules
Nanotube “forest” in a microfluidic channel may help detect rare proteins and viruses.
New microscope creates near-real-time videos of nanoscale processes
Instrument scans images 2,000 times faster than commercial models.
Black student leaders present recommendations for a more inclusive MIT
Students are working closely with senior administration; President Reif praises collaboration.
Stretchable hydrogel electronics
Water-based “Band-Aid” senses temperature, lights up, and delivers medicine to the skin.
3 Questions: Anna Frebel on searching for the oldest stars
New book details astronomers’ hunt for clues to the early universe.
An extreme close-up on heat transfer
New formula identifies limits to nanoscale heat transfer, may help optimize devices that convert heat to electricity.
Earth not due for a geomagnetic flip in the near future
Researchers find geomagnetic field intensity is double the long-term historical average.