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Left to right: Department of Mathematics Professor Alan Edelman, his co-instructor and family Corgi Philip, and visiting professor and longtime Julia lab collaborator David Sanders have altered their computational thinking course to encourage input on COVID-19 responses.

Computational thinking class enables students to engage in Covid-19 response

Nearly 300 students join an open course that applies data science, artificial intelligence, and mathematical modeling using the Julia language to study Covid-19.

April 7, 2020

The process of how crystals form on a flat surface, as shown in this electron microscope image, has been difficult to study in detail until now.

Technique reveals how crystals form on surfaces

DNA-based self-assembling system sheds light on processes essential for semiconductors and nanotechnology.

April 1, 2020

The ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) enzyme is responsible for converting RNA building blocks into DNA building blocks, and is a critical player in both DNA synthesis and repair in all organisms.

Newly discovered enzyme “square dance” helps generate DNA building blocks

MIT biochemists can trap and visualize an enzyme as it becomes active — an important development that may aid in future drug development.

March 30, 2020

MIT researchers have 3-D-printed soft electronically active polymers into a number of devices, including a pliable neural electrode, and (shown here) a flexible circuit.

Engineers 3D print soft, rubbery brain implants

Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices.

March 30, 2020

Terahertz waves are pervasive in our daily lives, and if harnessed, their concentrated power could potentially serve as an alternate energy source. Imagine, for instance, a cellphone add-on that passively soaks up ambient T-rays and uses their energy to charge your phone.

Energy-harvesting design aims to turn high-frequency electromagnetic waves into usable power

Device for harnessing terahertz radiation might help power some portable electronics.

March 27, 2020

Students from the first academic course to use MIT.nano's facilities pose in the facility's soft lithograpy space with technical instructor Scott Poesse (left).

Meet the first undergraduate users of MIT.nano

Micro/nano processing course fabricates devices in MIT.nano’s facilities.

March 25, 2020

MIT joins a consortium of supercomputing resources to help speed the search for Covid-19 solutions.

MIT joins White House supercomputing effort to speed up search for Covid-19 solutions

Consortium includes industry, government, and academic institutions.

March 23, 2020

Throughout her undergraduate studies in Course 2-OE, MIT senior Michelle Kornberg has had opportunities to work on technologies in Boston Harbor and the Charles River.

Understanding the impact of climate change on the ocean

MIT senior Michelle Kornberg uses her background in mechanical and ocean engineering to track how climate change has impacted underwater environments.

March 23, 2020

To test the new sensor’s capabilities, the researchers deposited the carbon nanotubes and other sensor components onto a glass slide. They then used it to monitor ethylene production in two types of flowers — red carnations and purple lisianthus.

New sensor could help prevent food waste

Monitoring the plant hormone ethylene could reveal when fruits and vegetables are about to spoil.

March 18, 2020

MIT researchers have discovered the structure of an unusual enzyme that some microbes use to break down a component of collagen in the human gut.

Bacterial enzyme could become a new target for antibiotics

Scientists discover the structure of an enzyme, found in the human gut, that breaks down a component of collagen.

March 17, 2020

MIT’s graduate program in engineering has again earned a No. 1 spot in U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings, a place it has held since 1990, when the magazine first ranked such programs.

MIT graduate engineering, business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2021

Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5.

March 17, 2020

“Orbiting” prototype installation view by CAST Visiting Artist Thom Kubli and Hiroshi Ishii, the Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, in the Media Lab's Tangible Media Group

Speculative machines produce existential wonder

“Orbiting” will be an aerial archive of symbols that reference the cultural and technological achievements of humanity.

March 12, 2020

Researchers confirmed the existence of electronic waves that are frozen at a transition temperature of 125 kelvins and start “dancing together” in a collective oscillating motion as the temperature is lowered. In this illustration, a red laser beam triggers the dance of the newly discovered electronic waves in magnetite.

Dancing electrons solve a longstanding puzzle in the oldest magnetic material

Physicists use extreme infrared laser pulses to reveal frozen electron waves in magnetite.

March 11, 2020

The 2020 MacVicar Faculty Fellows are: (clockwise from top left) Polina Anikeeva, Jacob White, William Tisdale, and Mary Fuller.

2020 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named

Anikeeva, Fuller, Tisdale, and White receive MIT's highest honor in undergraduate teaching.

March 9, 2020

Members of the MIT engineering faculty receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence.

School of Engineering fourth quarter 2019 awards

Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes over the last quarter.

March 6, 2020