That’s the way the droplets adhere
New technique developed by MIT researchers provides first direct views of how drops and bubbles adhere to surfaces — and how they let go.
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AAAS annual meeting puts MIT science and technology on display
The 2013 conference, held last week in Boston, featured research presentations, hands-on demonstrations.
OCW brings educational opportunities to Sierra Leone
Student builds robot from old toy parts using course materials from 6.270.
‘Invisible’ particles could enhance thermoelectric devices
New approach could improve the efficiency of devices that harness power from temperature differences.
3 Questions: Charles Stewart ranks the voting systems in the 50 states
A new Pew Center project, spurred by MIT research, studies how well states run their elections.
Securing your eW-2 tax form
As with any personal data accessed online, there are measures that can be taken to minimize risk.
Toward practical compressed sensing
Researchers show how the vagaries of real-world circuitry affect the performance of a promising new technique in signal processing and imaging.
Mapping the living cell
New technique pinpoints protein locations, helping scientists figure out their functions.
Duflo, Lander, Lewin to lead spring-semester MITx courses
EdX takes stock of last semester’s MITx courses; data will be used to improve education online and in the classroom.
MIT students create new medical devices
Precision machine design class links doctors with students to find ways of meeting pressing medical needs for new technology.
MIT group releases re-shoring report
Survey conducted by the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation indicates nearly half of U.S. manufacturing companies are thinking of re-shoring jobs.
A physicist and her neutrinos
MIT senior Christie Chiu has found her focus: the study of tiny particles.
Student overcomes cancer to shine at internship and graduate
Liz Katcoff (SB 2008) earns MBA and SM in Leaders for Global Operations program.
Capturing energy from the sun
MIT investigators are inspired by a deep-sea bacterium that is able to harvest tiny amounts of incoming solar energy with exquisite efficiency.
Five with ties to MIT earn top IEEE awards
Beranek, Dennis, Chou, Jacobs and Langer are among 20 recipients recognized for decades of engineering achievements.