Making drones more customizable
Airware’s operating system makes drones simple to build and modify for multiple applications.
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Five professors join the School of Science this fall
New faculty members will join the departments of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
MIT ranked as nation’s No. 7 university by U.S. News
Undergraduate engineering program is again No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.
New faces on campus
MIT’s newest students include a classical ballerina, a junior Olympic archer, and a battalion commander.
Pioneering bioelectronic interfaces
Flexible polymer probes and magnetic nanoparticles promise breakthroughs for treating paralysis and brain disease.
Ride-sharing could cut cabs’ road time by 30 percent
A new analytic framework enables analysis of GPS data on 150 million cab rides in New York City.
A new way to diagnose malaria
Using magnetic fields, technique can detect parasite’s waste products in infected blood cells.
Schrock honored with Paracelsus Prize
Award given to outstanding scientists for their lifetime achievement in chemical research.
An end to drug errors?
Mint Solutions tackles medication errors with scanning system that ensures patients get the right pills.
Designing better surfaces for energy
Bilge Yildiz explores the dynamics of surfaces to design more resilient materials for applications in high-intensity environments.
John Waugh, Institute Professor emeritus, dies at 85
Chemist pioneered development of NMR spectroscopy, allowing study of molecular structures of solids.
Teaching light new tricks
Graduate student Wade Hsu and colleagues confine light to a crystal surface and design a transparent display using nanoparticles.
Developing new light and energy technologies
Silvija Gradečak customizes nanoscale systems for large-scale impact in light and energy.
Sheila Kennedy honored for design innovation
Exploring intersections of architecture, digital networks and public space