Programmable droplets
Using electric fields to manipulate droplets on a surface could enable high-volume, low-cost biology experiments.
Drug manufacturing that’s out of this world
Continuous-flow chemistry device used for drug production could find use in long-duration space missions.
3Q: Institute Professor John Deutch on maintaining US leadership in technological innovation
Putting limits on foreign students or technical publications would be counterproductive, write Deutch and Condoleezza Rice.
Bose Grants for 2017 reward bold and unconventional research visions
Six potentially paradigm-shifting research projects will make strides with funding from Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
Researchers establish long-sought source of ocean methane
An abundant enzyme in marine microbes may be responsible for production of the greenhouse gas.
New nanowires are just a few atoms thick
Subnanometer-scale channels in 2-D materials could point toward future electronics, solar cells.
Jeremiah Johnson and Tracy Slatyer win 2017 School of Science teaching prizes
Faculty members in chemistry and physics honored for excellence in graduate and undergraduate teaching.
How to get sprayed metal coatings to stick
When spraying metal coatings, melting hurts rather than helps, MIT research reveals.
Cholesterol helps flu virus escape through host cell’s membrane
Study could shed light on how many other proteins bind with membrane cholesterol.
MIT researchers collaborate with Lamborghini to develop an electric car of the future
Research from the Dinca and Hart labs, paired with Lamborghini’s “hypercar” concept, will result in the Terzo Millenio, an electric sports car for the third millennium.
Synthetic circuits can harvest light energy
Novel structures made with DNA scaffolds could be used to create solar-powered materials.
Twelve from MIT honored by the American Physical Society
Prize winners span six departments in the schools of Science and Engineering.
Keith Nelson awarded the Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids
The Izakson Prize is given in recognition of outstanding optical research that leads to breakthroughs in the condensed matter sciences.
MIT researchers discuss the new "multi-messenger" era of astrophysics research
Mavalvala, Evans, Frebel, Katsavounidis, and Vitale discuss the science behind LIGO's observations of a neutron star collision.
A new way to harness wasted methane
Approach developed at MIT could help curb needless “flaring” of potent greenhouse gas.