Saurabh Amin: Striving to make our infrastructure safer
The systems engineer focuses on making transportation, electricity, and water infrastructure more resilient against disruptions.
3 Questions: Hessam AzariJafari on mitigating climate change with reflective pavements
MIT postdoc explains how reflective pavements can significantly — and often indirectly — mitigate climate change and extreme heat.
Slowing the spread of Covid-19
As cases increased worldwide this spring, mechanical engineers developed solutions to help slow and stop the spread of the coronavirus.
An escape route for seafloor methane
Leakage from frozen layers was a puzzle, but a new study shows how the potent greenhouse gas breaks through icy barriers.
David Simchi-Levi awarded INFORMS Impact Prize
Professor of civil and environmental engineering honored for his continuing research in understanding and improving supply chain management.
Vibrations of coronavirus proteins may play a role in infection
Study suggests mechanical properties of spike proteins can predict infectivity and lethality of different coronaviruses.
Understanding how people make sense of information in the information age
Graduate student Manon Revel uses quantitative methodologies to investigate how advertising in online publications affects trust in journalism.
Technique reveals deeper insights into the makeup of nacre, a natural material
Discovery could lead to new designs for improved and more sustainable materials inspired by nature.
Learning by doing, remotely
Despite the disruption caused by the pandemic, MIT students have carved out meaningful hands-on experiences.
Designing off-grid refrigeration technologies for crop storage in Kenya
A team of MIT researchers is using the thermodynamic properties of water evaporation to bring off-grid cold storage of produce to remote, arid regions.
Three from MIT receive National Health Institute Awards
Michael Birnbaum, Anders Hansen, and Tami Lieberman receive NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards from the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
Helping companies navigate Covid-19
Professor Yossi Sheffi's latest book, “The New (Ab)Normal,” offers a key supply chain perspective on the pandemic.
Antarctic sea ice may not cap carbon emissions as much as previously thought
Study suggests sea ice blocks the flow of carbon both into and out of the ocean, in roughly equal measure.
MIT researchers highlight the impacts of logjams in river restoration projects
New analysis can help scientists and engineers better assess flood risk and habitat creation associated with restoration efforts.