Paintballs may deflect an incoming asteroid
With 20 years’ notice, paint pellets could cause an asteroid to veer off course.
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Department snapshot: Civil and Environmental Engineering
From bacteria to bridges, CEE researchers tackle natural and built environments.
The mysteries in materials
MIT senior Shannon Taylor researches 500-year-old artifacts and art to understand and restore materials.
Scholars ponder better ways to elect a president
National popular vote, alternate voting methods debated at MIT conference.
Tiny pores in graphene could give rise to membranes
New membranes may filter water or separate biological samples.
A better way to shed water
MIT researchers find that lubricated, nanotextured surfaces improved performance of condensers in power and desalination plants.
A new glow for electron microscopy
Protein-labeling technique allows high-resolution visualization of molecules inside cells.
3 Questions: A Web for everyone
Judy Brewer leads the Web Accessibility Initiative, which developed standards that help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.
Researchers examine health impacts of more U.K. runways
Study: An expanded Heathrow Airport would lead to 100 more pollution-related early deaths annually in the U.K. by 2030.
The state of the U.S. election system
New report from MIT and Caltech notes gains in voting-machine technologies, but warns they could be cancelled out by errors introduced through mail and Internet voting.
Calcium reveals connections between neurons
New way to image brain-cell activity could shed light on autism and other psychiatric disorders.
Department snapshot: Mechanical Engineering
More MechE students choose to design their own education.
At MIT, Dalai Lama calls for better stewardship of Earth’s resources
Tibetan Buddhist leader urges a more enlightened view of self-interest in remarks at MIT conference.
Brain’s language center has multiple roles
Neuroscientists find Broca’s area is really two subunits, each with its own function.
In profile: Seeing the light
Architect Christoph Reinhart studies how buildings — and whole communities — can use daylight to become more energy-efficient.