Explained: Dynamo theory
Recent discoveries raise questions about how small planets can have self-sustaining magnetic fields
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Taming the wild phonon
‘Particles’ of heat are everywhere, and usually a nuisance, but newly designed materials could help put them to good use.
Ray Stata to deliver 2010 Commencement address
A ‘loyal friend’ of the Institute for more than 50 years, the alumnus will speak to graduates in June
Self-assembling computer chips
Molecules that arrange themselves into predictable patterns on silicon chips could lead to microprocessors with much smaller circuit elements.
Zooming in on cells
New microscopy technique offers close-up, real-time view of how proteins kill bacteria
An open, collaborative space
New Media Lab building is designed to foster collaboration, sharing, communication and experimentation.
Four professors named 2010 MacVicar Faculty Fellows
Hosoi, Rajagopal, Ram and Richards honored for excellence in undergraduate teaching
Action needed to save climate, create jobs
MIT Energy Conference speakers see need to boost clean-energy businesses through a price on carbon and incentives for manufacturing
Revolutionizing medicine, one chip at a time
Low-power computer chips allow engineers to design wearable and implantable devices to monitor patients.
Insulators made into conductors
MIT team coaxes polymers to line up, transforming them into materials that could dissipate heat.
Big power from tiny wires
New discovery shows carbon nanotubes can produce powerful waves that could be harnessed for new energy systems.
MIT opens new Media Lab Complex
Fumihiko Maki-designed building will support technological innovation
A more democratic Internet
At a forum on campus this week, the FCC discussed how its new broadband plan will help citizens engage in democratic deliberation.