Viruses harnessed to split water
MIT team’s biologically based system taps the power of sunlight directly, with the aim of turning water into hydrogen fuel.
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Weighing the cell
MIT biological engineers devise a way to measure, for the first time, how single cells accumulate mass.
Friends, family gather to honor Paul Samuelson
At memorial service, Nobel-winning economist’s ‘warmth, wit and humility’ are recalled.
Michael Greenstone named director of The Hamilton Project
MIT economist to head Washington-based policy group
A mathematician takes his field to account
University of Arizona professor William Yslas Vélez speaks about minorities in math
TV outside the box
Using ordinary cell phones, a Media Lab system would let television programs spill off the TV screen and into the living room.
Volcanic Venus
New research highlights recent volcanic activity on Venus, indicating that Earth’s sister planet is alive — geologically speaking
The past, present and future of MIT’s iPhone app
Andrew Yu and David Foucher, who oversaw the app’s development, discuss how it came about and what to expect in future versions.
Slideshow: Solar power, shaped up
3-D shapes covered in solar cells could produce more power than flat panels, MIT researchers find.
Using plants to purify canal water
Researchers outline a natural way to clean Italy's polluted Pontine Marshes
Slideshow: Mini robotic muscles
Shape-memory alloys yield mechanical devices that produce more torque but weigh much less than comparably sized electric motors.
To starve a tumor
MIT’s Matthew Vander Heiden is part of a new generation of cancer researchers trying to exploit cancer cells’ strange metabolism.
In Profile: Missy Cummings
Former U.S. Naval fighter pilot aims to improve how humans and computers interact.
‘Failure is good’
In a talk to promote his new book, MIT’s Simon Johnson lambastes a finance industry he sees as lacking a healthy fear of losing money.