Chemotherapy timing is key to success
Nanoparticles that stagger delivery of two drugs knock out aggressive tumors in mice.
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Getting more electricity out of solar cells
New MIT model can guide design of solar cells that produce less waste heat, more useful current.
Reinventing copper extraction with electricity
Antoine Allanore is developing molten copper sulfide electrolysis to improve purity and drastically reduce pollutants.
Delving deep into the brain
MRI sensor allows neuroscientists to map neural activity with molecular precision.
Solving a mystery of thermoelectrics
New analysis explains why some materials are good thermal insulators while similar ones are not.
Ocean microbes display remarkable genetic diversity
One species, a few drops of seawater, hundreds of coexisting subpopulations.
Tiny particles could help verify goods
Chemical engineers hope smartphone-readable microparticles could crack down on counterfeiting.
MIT students dominate Putnam Mathematical Competition, winning team event
Four of five top individual finishers, known as “Putnam Fellows,” also hail from MIT.
Faculty highlight: Antoine Allanore
Globally important, chemically distinct lines of research promise easier access to potassium fertilizer, cleaner and purer metals.
Highlights from MIT Water Night 2014
Oceans at MIT's highlights from MIT Water Night 2014 include nano-technological desalination of seawater, innovative wetland conservation, and ocean carbon cycle research.
Novel membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surface
Study may lead to more efficient water-desalination systems, fundamental understanding of fluid flow.
Need a water filter? Peel a tree branch
MIT group shows xylem tissue in sapwood can filter bacteria from contaminated water.
Disordered materials hold promise for better batteries
MIT researchers find that contrary to conventional wisdom, cathodes made of disordered lithium compounds can perform better than perfectly ordered ones.
Ahoy! First ocean vesicles spotted
Scientists discover extracellular vesicles produced by ocean microbes.
New algorithm can dramatically streamline solutions to the ‘max flow’ problem
Research could boost the efficiency even of huge networks like the Internet.