IDEAS winners aim to improve the world’s “quality of life” Contest awards thousands of dollars to 13 teams tackling environmental and health challenges in developing countries. May 6, 2014 Read full story →
MIT alumnus Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel gives major gift to solve urgent challenges in world food and water security Professor John Lienhard will lead the new laboratory. May 6, 2014 Read full story →
Syncing IT with executive vision George Westerman develops executive-level strategies for maximizing business value through digital technology May 5, 2014 Read full story →
Terahertz imaging on the cheap New theory could reduce number of sensors required for high-resolution imaging systems. May 5, 2014 Read full story →
Computer system automatically solves word problems Applications could include educational tools, systems to solve practical geometry or physics problems. May 2, 2014 Read full story →
CEE seed funding fosters multidisciplinary research Program encourages new approaches to grand challenges in energy, environment, and sustainable materials and cities. May 1, 2014 Read full story →
MIT team wins Clean Energy Prize for solving solar’s shade problem Unified Solar takes home $225,000 for a circuit that augments the output of partially shaded solar cells. April 29, 2014 Read full story →
Solving a mystery of thermoelectrics New analysis explains why some materials are good thermal insulators while similar ones are not. April 29, 2014 Read full story →
Welcome to the nano age MIT.nano will help researchers apply the power of nanotechnology to solve big problems. April 29, 2014 Read full story →
New building will be a hub for nanoscale research “MIT.nano,” to be built in the heart of campus, will house advanced cleanroom, imaging, and prototyping facilities. April 29, 2014 Read full story →
Doing more AeroAstro’s flexible degree program helped Kwami Williams pursue his passion to change the world. April 28, 2014 Read full story →
Biotech to the rescue Ram Sasisekharan’s startups provide novel methods to fight disease and make better drugs. April 26, 2014 Read full story →
Brewing up sustainability Novel system devised by MIT spinout Cambrian Innovation uses microbes to treat, extract power from wastewater. April 25, 2014 Read full story →
Smart components that assemble themselves Skylar Tibbits launches the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, where researchers are building materials that can coalesce on their own to form structures. April 24, 2014 Read full story →
Goodbye, USA; Sawubona, South Africa! Terrascope student sees firsthand the complexity of water security in South Africa. April 23, 2014 Read full story →