Making silicon devices responsive to infrared light
Laser doping method could enable new infrared imaging systems.
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App Inventor launches second iteration
Since its 2009 creation, more than a million people have registered to use App Inventor, which is now based out of the MIT Media Lab.
New approach to vertex connectivity could maximize networks’ bandwidth
Technique advances understanding of a basic concept in graph theory, paralleling advances in edge connectivity.
Catching (radio) waves
ThingMagic, founded by five MIT alumni, helped bring radio-frequency identification technology to the supply chain.
Study faults a ‘runaway’ mechanism in intermediate-depth earthquakes
Researchers find immense heating at high pressures helps spread intermediate-depth quakes.
Getting a move on in math
Marshall Scholar Kirin Sinha is motivating young women to pursue math through dance.
Graphene can host exotic new quantum electronic states at its edges
New approach to use of 2-D carbon material opens up unexpected properties, could unleash new uses.
It’s a negative on negative absolute temperatures
New research shows negative absolute temperatures — and perpetual motion machines — are still out of reach.
Research update: Electric fields can push droplets from surfaces
New method developed at MIT could lead to near-doubling of heat-transfer efficiency from power-plant condensers.
Biologists find clues to a parasite’s inconsistency
Certain strains of Toxoplasma provoke inflammation that can damage host cells, while others are harmless.
New technique measures mass of exoplanets
Method will help scientists determine the mass of exoplanets that are not measurable in any other way.
MIT HASTS program celebrates 25 years
Alumni return to campus to present their work at anniversary symposium.
Telecommunications data show civic dividing lines in major countries
New study uses network data to show communication patterns and divisions in many major nations.
Never forget a face
New algorithm uses subtle changes to make a face more memorable without changing a person’s overall appearance.
Crossing disciplines, and international borders
Rhodes Scholar John Mikhael, who calls both the U.S. and Lebanon home, is also comfortable in many scientific fields.