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Better understanding of how surfaces attract or repel water could improve everything from power plants to ketchup bottles.
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Amar Bose ’51, SM ’52, ScD ’56, Bose Corporation’s founder, has died at 83
Entrepreneur served on faculty for 45 years; championed long-term corporate research.
Switching stances
MIT graduate student Alexis Sablone balances an athletic career and coursework in architecture.
A new way to trap light
MIT researchers discover a new phenomenon that could lead to new types of lasers and sensors.
Detecting DNA in space
Researchers, in a step toward analyzing Mars for signs of life, find that gene-sequencing chip can survive space radiation.
Researchers build an all-optical transistor
An optical switch that can be turned on by a single photon could point toward new designs for both classical and quantum computers.
High potential
Tomás Palacios investigates use of ‘extreme materials’ in electronics, which could reduce energy consumption and make computers far faster.
Nanoparticles, made to order — inside and out
New research enables high-speed customization of novel nanoparticles for drug delivery and other uses.
Robert Meservey, pioneering MIT physicist, dies at 92
Buckley Prize winner was member of the Institute community for more than 50 years.
Breaking habits before they start
Turning off cells in a habit-associated brain region prevents rats from learning to run a maze on autopilot.
On the hunt for neutrinos
Physicist Joseph Formaggio seeks new ways to detect and measure the elusive particles.
Ferroelectric-graphene-based system could lead to improved information processing
New system uses two-dimensional structures to guide plasmonic waves at ultrashort wavelength, offering a new platform for memory and computer chips.
Seeing the human pulse
An algorithm that can accurately gauge heart rate by measuring tiny head movements in video data could ultimately help diagnose cardiac disease.
Surprising turns in magnetic thin films could lead to better data storage
MIT researchers discover efficient control of magnetism in chiral ferromagnets.
Holding the salt
MIT graduate student David Cohen-Tanugi works to improve water filtration, desalination.