In The World: Mapping the logistics of megacities
New open-source online maps generated by MIT students provide details of urban supply chains.
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Inflatable antennae could give CubeSats greater reach
Design inflates with a powder that turns into gas.
Solar-cell manufacturing costs: innovation could level the field
Study shows that factors other than wages dominate trends in photovoltaic costs, raising the prospect of competitive manufacturing anywhere.
Terramechanics research aims to keep Mars rovers rolling
Simulations predict safest path for rovers to travel.
Video: Public art at MIT
MIT's noted public art, which can be enjoyed throughout campus, began to take shape in 1965.
New low-temperature chemical reaction explained
Unusual reaction, never fully understood, is important to fuel combustion, atmospheric chemistry and biochemistry.
A look at the Class of 2017
From a bedroom chemist to a high-flying roboticist, talents abound among MIT’s incoming freshmen.
An easier way to control genes
New method for turning genes on and off could enable more complex synthetic biology circuits.
Big game hunter
MIT sociologist T.L. Taylor studies the subcultures of online gaming and the nascent world of online e-sports.
How to get fresh water out of thin air
Fog-harvesting system developed by MIT and Chilean researchers could provide potable water for the world’s driest regions.
An answer to why our galaxy’s black hole is a finicky eater
Researchers find material ejects itself before black hole can devour it.
Study: Air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths each year in the U.S.
New MIT study finds vehicle emissions are the biggest contributor to these premature deaths.
3-D mapping in real time, without the drift
New technique creates highly detailed, accurate 3-D maps in real time.
3Q: Robert McKersie on his civil rights memoir
MIT professor looks back at the movement for equality in Chicago.
Accounting for everyone
Rodrigo Verdi teaches accounting, the ‘language of business’ — and studies the links between accounting and market movements.