Finding a piece of the proton-spin puzzle
Particle physicists measure the spin contribution of the proton’s antiquark.
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Pushing the envelope in power electronics
Research improves power conversion in applications ranging from giant server farms to lamps to handheld devices.
Running on waste heat
Gang Chen’s thermoelectric devices turn waste heat into electricity for vehicles and other machines.
Origami robot folds itself up, crawls away
Prototype made almost entirely of printable parts demonstrates crucial capabilities of reconfigurable robots.
Learning how things fall apart
New research reveals how bonded materials, from airplane wings to dental crowns, lose their bonding.
Wyn Kelley sails on the Charles W. Morgan
MIT Melville scholar travels on the last surviving U.S. whaleship from Melville's era.
Light pulses control graphene’s electrical behavior
Finding could allow ultrafast switching of conduction, and possibly lead to new broadband light sensors.
Vision-correcting displays
Technology could lead to e-readers, smartphones, and displays that let users dispense with glasses.
A new way to make microstructured surfaces
Method can produce strong, lightweight materials with specific surface properties.
Faculty highlight: Marin Soljacic
Physicist reveals new techniques for controlling light by angle, creating transparent displays and photonic crystal bandgaps.
Building up bamboo
MIT researchers study bamboo for engineered building material, similar to plywood.