Small engine packs a punch
Startup’s rotary engine, based on novel thermodynamics, is lighter, quieter, more efficient than counterparts.
Alloying tougher tungsten
MIT graduate student Zack Cordero deforms and compacts chromium-tungsten powders to create stronger metals with nanoscale microstructure.
MechE spinoff launches all-terrain wheelchair in U.S.
Based on an original design for use in developing countries, new Freedom Chair is specially designed for U.S. and European markets.
Two MIT seniors and an alumnus named Rhodes Scholars
Elliot Akama-Garren ’15, Anisha Gururaj ’15, and Noam Angrist ’13 are among 32 winners nationwide.
From cancelled to champions: The strange history of MIT Football
In the playoffs for first time, MIT's football history has included an 88-year winless streak, an ugliest-man competition, and borrowed orange uniforms.
Hacking health care
PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design.
Running the color gamut
MIT spinout’s quantum-dot technology makes LCD TVs more colorful, energy-efficient.
“Moneyball for business”
Startup’s behavioral analytics on employees uncover ways to increase workplace productivity, satisfaction.
3 Questions: Lita Nelsen and the Technology Licensing Office
Longtime leader of MIT’s technology-transfer office receives a lifetime achievement award.
Wind energy reaches greater heights
Startup’s on-site fabrication process makes taller wind turbines more feasible.
"Car Talk" host Tom Magliozzi ’58 left us laughing
Tom Magliozzi ’58, who died Nov. 3, was a famed co-host of NPR's "Car Talk" with his brother, Ray Magliozzi '73, as well as a professor, consultant, and MIT Commencement speaker.
A health and fitness tracker for dogs
FitBark, founded by MIT Sloan alumnus Davide Rossi, will monitor your dog’s health and activity every day.
MIT startups win big at MassChallenge
In annual competition, 12 MIT-affiliated teams earn grants and prizes to launch their businesses.
Lambda Chi Alpha national suspends MIT chapter for at least five years
MIT withdraws recognition, offers members on-campus housing.