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An element that's rare on Earth is found far, far away
Tellurium detected for the first time in ancient stars.
Moving past trial and error
Richard Braatz applies math to design new materials and processes for drug manufacturing.
‘Storm of the Century?’ Try ‘Storm of the Decade’
With climate change, today’s ‘100-year floods’ may happen every three to 20 years, according to new research.
MIT honors Martin Luther King Jr. at 38th annual breakfast
Diversity and education among breakfast-table topics.
MIT and the Civil War
President Susan Hockfield speaks on the struggle for America’s future — then and now.
MIT faculty speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Talks explore the mind/machine interface and the science of predicting the economy, among other topics.
Diversity and excellence explored at Institute summit
Faculty and students offered multiple perspectives on race and gender
What drove the lunar dynamo?
Research supports theory that the moon’s molten core was likely sustained by an alternative power source.
Robots go head to head, 250 miles above Earth
Third annual Zero Robotics competition pits robots against each other on the International Space Station.
Speed limit for birds
MIT researchers find critical speed above which birds — and drones — are sure to crash.
The cost of tropical cyclones
New model finds climate change could expose North America, East Asia and the Caribbean to costly hurricane damage.
An eruption-fueled extinction?
Enormous volcanic eruptions may have triggered the worst extinction in Earth’s history.
