Movable microplatform floats on a sea of droplets
New technique offers precise, durable control over tiny mirrors or stages.
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MIT Energy Initiative report provides guidance for evolving electric power sector
Experts call for regulatory, policy, and market transformation to realize potential of distributed energy technologies.
Terrascope Radio documentary wins national award
MIT students’ personal account of desert farming in New Mexico earns top honors from college broadcasting association.
Measuring radiation damage on the fly
Technique could continuously assess aging of materials in a high-radiation environment, in real-time.
3Q: Charles Sodini on MIT’s Hong Kong Innovation Node
Entering its second year, collaborative effort will soon launch a second program.
Apple CEO Tim Cook to deliver MIT’s 2017 Commencement address
Head of world’s largest publicly traded corporation will address the Class of 2017 on June 9.
Henry Smith awarded IEEE Noyce Medal
Professor emeritus of electrical engineering recognized for contributions to field of nanofabrication.
Design your own custom drone
CSAIL system lets users design and fabricate drones with a wide range of shapes and structures.
Lincoln Laboratory is honored with the Herschel Award
Infrared digital-pixel focal plane arrays are deemed a groundbreaking technology.
Bold research visions recognized and rewarded
Four proposals from six MIT faculty members to receive Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
Lincoln Laboratory's supercomputing system ranked most powerful in New England
New Dell EMC petaflop-scale supercomputer has 6 times more processing power and 20 times more bandwidth than its predecessor.
LIGO back online, ready for more discoveries
Upgrades make detectors more sensitive to gravitational waves.
Four MIT students named 2017 Marshall Scholars
Matthew Cavuto, Zachary Hulcher, Kevin Zhou, and Daniel Zuo will pursue two years of study in the U.K.
New method for analyzing crystal structure
Exotic materials called photonic crystals reveal their internal characteristics with new method.