MIT alumnus gives $24M to expand the Institute’s undergraduate student body
Fariborz Maseeh cites pressing need for MIT graduates.
The Salp: Nature’s near-perfect little engine just got better
These efficient organisms may help remove carbon dioxide from the upper ocean
15 MIT students awarded DOE-funded Science Graduate Fellowships
Among 150 students nationwide awarded fellowships in program's first year
MIT Steel Bridge Team breaks into the top 10 at national competition
The undergrads won against much larger and more experienced teams
MIT partners in DOE-funded Nuclear Energy Innovation Hub
One of nine involved in project announced May 28
Building a brighter future in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Students in Civil Engineering and Architecture design new classroom structures for the Jay Pritzker Academy in Siem Reap.
Chisholm receives Agassiz Medal from National Academy of Sciences
MIT professor selected for her pioneering studies of marine organisms
Hamlin Jennings will lead new Concrete Sustainability Hub at MIT
Professor from Northwestern University will join MIT team working to reduce concrete's carbon footprint
In the World: Clean Water for Ghana
MIT students help a researcher build a factory that could provide water filters for 1 million people in northern Ghana
$3.5 million grant for bus rapid transit awarded to MIT, IST-Lisbon and global partners
Center of Excellence on Bus Rapid Transit is eighth such center funded by the Volvo Research and Education Foundation
Mastering multicore
MIT researchers find a way to make complex computer simulations run more efficiently on chips with multiple processors.
Using plants to purify canal water
Researchers outline a natural way to clean Italy's polluted Pontine Marshes
Unraveling silks’ secrets
A new analysis of the structure of silks explains the paradox at the heart of their super-strength, and may lead to even stronger synthetic materials.