Crumpled graphene could provide an unconventional energy storage
Two-dimensional carbon “paper” can form stretchable supercapacitors to power flexible electronic devices.
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Voices of MIT at the People’s Climate March
Some 70 MIT students, researchers, and alumni marched in the largest climate rally in history.
Underwater robot for port security
Football-size robot can skim discreetly along a ship’s hull to seek hollow compartments concealing contraband.
Soft design for a sustainable world
Sheila Kennedy pioneers soft design techniques and materials to meet pressing global challenges in housing and energy.
Magnetic fields make the excitons go ’round
Theorists find a new way to improve efficiency of solar cells by overcoming exciton “traps.”
Particle detector finds hints of dark matter in space
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer detects positrons in cosmic ray flux that hint at dark matter's origin.
Magnetic neural control with nanoparticles
Customized arrays of iron oxide nanoparticles are possible based on their differing responses to alternating magnetic fields, MIT researchers report.
Toward optical chips
A promising light source for optoelectronic chips can be tuned to different frequencies.
How to hide like an octopus
Researchers create materials that reproduce cephalopods’ ability to quickly change colors and textures.
Reducing traffic congestion, remotely
Reducing traffic congestion with wireless system
System that would wirelessly route drivers around congested roadways wins best-paper award.
Bound for robotic glory
New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass.
CSAIL’s Nick Roy helms Google’s delivery-drone project
Autonomy expert led MIT-heavy team in developing “self-flying planes”
Physicists find a new way to push electrons around
Discovery might ultimately lead to new, more energy-efficient transistors and microchips.