Deriving a theory of defects
Mingda Li seeks to harness atomic irregularities in materials for improved energy applications.
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Integrating optical components into existing chip designs
Technique would allow addition of optical communication components to existing chips with little modification of their designs.
How to bend and stretch a diamond
The brittle material can turn flexible when made into ultrafine needles, researchers find.
For nuclear weapons reduction, a way to verify without revealing
New isotope-detection method could prove compliance but avoid divulging secrets.
Startup aims to democratize synthetic biology
Alumna’s mini-lab kits include all necessary tools and materials for anyone to start engineering microbes.
A graphene roll-out
Scalable manufacturing process spools out strips of graphene for use in ultrathin membranes.
Inaugural class of MIT-GSK Gertrude B. Elion Research Fellows selected
New fellowship program honoring trailblazing Nobel laureate awards four MIT postdocs focused on drug discovery and development.
AFFOA and VMS launch Advanced Fabrics Entrepreneurship Program
Year-long program will give early-stage entrepreneurs a leg up in the functional fabrics industry.
TESS readies for takeoff
Satellite developed by MIT aims to discover thousands of nearby exoplanets, including at least 50 Earth-sized ones.
Pioneering digital collaborations
MIT hosts a summit on transformative artificial intelligence technologies in biomedical sciences and health care.
Q&A: Composer Tod Machover presents “Philadelphia Voices”
Ambitious new piece in his “City Symphony” series features the birthplace of American democracy.
Timothy Swager receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
The fellowship supports top-tier researchers at U.S. universities whose high-risk, high-payoff work is of strategic importance to the Department of Defense.
Photonic communication comes to computer chips
Startup’s optoelectronic chips could reduce energy usage by up to 50 percent in data centers while increasing computing speeds.
Self-healing metal oxides could protect against corrosion
Researchers find an ultrathin layer of aluminum oxide, though solid, can flow like a liquid instead of cracking.
Institute Professor Emeritus Morris Halle, innovative and influential linguist, dies at 94
Scholar conducted groundbreaking research, helped found MIT’s linguistics program, and inspired generations of students.