First course offered by MITx begins More than 90,000 people have registered for 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics March 5, 2012 Read full story →
Mysterious electron acceleration explained Computer simulation identifies source of aurora-causing high-speed electrons in space February 27, 2012 Read full story →
Making droplets drop faster New nanopatterned surfaces could improve the efficiency of powerplants and desalination systems. February 23, 2012 Read full story →
A new twist on nanowires Technology developed at MIT can control the composition and structure of these tiny wires as they grow. February 22, 2012 Read full story →
Rajesh Nair, SDM ’12: systems thinking for looking ahead and paying forward February 17, 2012 Read full story →
Ashoori awarded $1.7 million grant by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Physics professor studying 'time domain capacitance spectroscopy.' February 16, 2012 Read full story →
Paola Cappellaro wins AFOSR Young Investigator Award Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering assistant professor is investigating a bottom-up approach to quantum information devices. February 15, 2012 Read full story →
Microchips’ optical future To keep energy consumption under control, future chips may need to move data using light instead of electricity — and the technical expertise to build them may reside in the United States. February 15, 2012 Read full story →
Liquid batteries could level the load MIT team makes progress toward goal of inexpensive grid-scale batteries that could help make intermittent renewable energy sources viable. February 14, 2012 Read full story →
MITx prototype course opens for enrollment Online-learning initiative’s first offering, ‘6.002x: Circuits and Electronics,’ accepting registrants now. February 13, 2012 Read full story →
Cuthbert receives $500,000 Digging into Data grant Will support innovative musicology research February 10, 2012 Read full story →
MIT Libraries receive papers of distinguished linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky Significant collection spans a long and distinguished career dating to 1955. February 9, 2012 Read full story →
MIT Press book Engineering Systems wins Honorable Mention for 2011 PROSE Award February 7, 2012 Read full story →
Education, empowerment and enlightenment through guided disassembly of your broken stuff Peter Mui ’82 holds Fixit Clinic XVIII at the MIT Edgerton Center. February 7, 2012 Read full story →