India drift MIT researchers explain mystery of India’s rapid move toward Eurasia 80 million years ago. May 4, 2015 Read full story →
A memorial built “with big hearts, and all love” Inspired by an open hand, newly dedicated Collier Memorial opens a gateway to the MIT campus. April 29, 2015 Read full story →
Magnifying vibrations in bridges and buildings Researchers apply computer vision technique to see tiny vibrations in large structures. April 23, 2015 Read full story →
Boiling down viscous flow A new simplified model predicts patterns that form from honey-like fluids. April 22, 2015 Read full story →
New tabletop detector “sees” single electrons Magnet-based setup may help detect the elusive mass of neutrinos. April 21, 2015 Read full story →
Taking aircraft manufacturing out of the oven New technique uses carbon nanotube film to directly heat and cure composite materials. April 14, 2015 Read full story →
An ocean of opportunity Mick Follows uses tiny marine microbes to model climate change. April 14, 2015 Read full story →
Environmental Solutions Initiative awards seed grants to advance collaborative progress on environmental challenges Grants of up to $200,000 will fund environmental partnerships over the next two years. April 10, 2015 Read full story →
Tunneling across a tiny gap “Phonon tunneling” explains heat flow across nanometer-wide gaps, study finds. April 7, 2015 Read full story →
Thousands of atoms entangled with a single photon Result could make atomic clocks more accurate. March 25, 2015 Read full story →
A second minor planet may possess Saturn-like rings Researchers detect features around Chiron that may signal rings, jets, or a shell of dust. March 17, 2015 Read full story →
New detector sniffs out origins of methane Instrument identifies methane’s origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows. March 5, 2015 Read full story →
Why isn’t the universe as bright as it should be? Study explains why galaxies don’t churn out as many stars as they should. March 4, 2015 Read full story →
A mollusk of a different stripe Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays. February 26, 2015 Read full story →
For the first time, spacecraft catch a solar shockwave in the act Solar storm found to produce “ultrarelativistic, killer electrons” in 60 seconds. February 19, 2015 Read full story →