Making drones more customizable Airware’s operating system makes drones simple to build and modify for multiple applications. September 11, 2014 Read full story →
Summer Scholars deepen research skills Fourteen undergraduate interns gain experience in MIT labs. September 10, 2014 Read full story →
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. September 9, 2014 Read full story →
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. September 9, 2014 Read full story →
New faces on campus MIT’s newest students include a classical ballerina, a junior Olympic archer, and a battalion commander. September 3, 2014 Read full story →
Pioneering bioelectronic interfaces Flexible polymer probes and magnetic nanoparticles promise breakthroughs for treating paralysis and brain disease. September 2, 2014 Read full story →
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. September 1, 2014 Read full story →
A new way to diagnose malaria Using magnetic fields, technique can detect parasite’s waste products in infected blood cells. August 31, 2014 Read full story →
Schrock honored with Paracelsus Prize Award given to outstanding scientists for their lifetime achievement in chemical research. August 28, 2014 Read full story →
An end to drug errors? Mint Solutions tackles medication errors with scanning system that ensures patients get the right pills. August 28, 2014 Read full story →
Designing better surfaces for energy Bilge Yildiz explores the dynamics of surfaces to design more resilient materials for applications in high-intensity environments. August 26, 2014 Read full story →
John Waugh, Institute Professor emeritus, dies at 85 Chemist pioneered development of NMR spectroscopy, allowing study of molecular structures of solids. August 22, 2014 Read full story →
Teaching light new tricks Graduate student Wade Hsu and colleagues confine light to a crystal surface and design a transparent display using nanoparticles. August 22, 2014 Read full story →
Developing new light and energy technologies Silvija Gradečak customizes nanoscale systems for large-scale impact in light and energy. August 20, 2014 Read full story →
Sheila Kennedy honored for design innovation Exploring intersections of architecture, digital networks and public space August 15, 2014 Read full story →