Magnetic nanoparticles could aid heat dissipation Particles suspended in cooling water could prevent hotspots in nuclear plant cooling systems and electronics. November 19, 2013 Read full story →
Asteroids' close encounters with Mars Scientists find that Mars, not Earth, shakes up some near-Earth asteroids. November 19, 2013 Read full story →
Doing the math MIT management professor Vivek Farias crunches the numbers to see how complex systems can be optimized. November 18, 2013 Read full story →
How do we balance needs of energy, water, and climate? MIT study underscores need to examine trade-offs before choosing energy technologies. November 15, 2013 Read full story →
MIT’s Marc Kastner nominated to head DOE Office of Science President Obama taps MIT physicist and dean of science to oversee basic energy research. November 14, 2013 Read full story →
Rescuing the Hubble Space Telescope NASA crewmembers reflect on the most complex space repair in history. November 14, 2013 Read full story →
Biologists ID new cancer weakness Drugs that block new target gene could make many tumors more vulnerable to chemotherapy. November 14, 2013 Read full story →
Machine learning branches out An algorithm that extends an artificial-intelligence technique to new tasks could aid in analysis of flight delays and social networks. November 14, 2013 Read full story →
Better batteries through biology? MIT researchers find a way to boost lithium-air battery performance, with the help of modified viruses. November 13, 2013 Read full story →
An economist with a goal MIT senior Jonathan Tebes sees economics as a way to alleviate poverty in the US, Tanzania, and beyond. November 13, 2013 Read full story →
DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman will be MIT’s 2014 Commencement speaker A champion of market-driven science, trained as an engineer, will address the Class of 2014 on June 6. November 12, 2013 Read full story →
A new path for growth In a new book, MIT political scientist Ben Ross Schneider sets out an agenda for growth with greater equality in Latin America. November 12, 2013 Read full story →
Self-steering particles go with the flow Asymmetrical particles could make lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devices more efficient and portable. November 8, 2013 Read full story →
MIT’s Lobby 10 to be renamed in honor of fallen veterans Already home to war memorials, central campus location to get official new name: ‘Memorial Lobby.’ November 8, 2013 Read full story →
3 Questions: Richard Binzel on the discovery of three large, near-Earth asteroids The largest asteroid is 12 miles in diameter, but poses little immediate threat to Earth. November 7, 2013 Read full story →