Controlling heat flow through a nanostructure
MIT researchers find that heat moving in materials called superlattices behaves like waves; finding could enable better thermoelectrics.
Inside the unconscious brain
New study reveals brain-wave patterns that mark loss of consciousness during anesthesia.
MIT Libraries’ research contributes to award-winning redistricting software, DistrictBuilder
Web-based resource gives citizens the opportunity to participate in the redistricting process.
MIT Auto-ID Labs launches ‘Cloud of Things’ initiative
Initiative brings together academia, industry to support the development, adoption, best practices and commercial success of big-data applications in mobile retail commerce.
Belfer gift creates consortium targeting neurodegenerative diseases
Collaboration unites Picower Institute at MIT with MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine.
The state of the U.S. election system
New report from MIT and Caltech notes gains in voting-machine technologies, but warns they could be cancelled out by errors introduced through mail and Internet voting.
New interactive map assesses solar power potential of Cambridge
Public launch for project taking place Oct. 3
Measuring the universe’s ‘exit door’
For the first time, an international team has measured the radius of a black hole.
Understanding and predicting materials behavior
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering takes an interdisciplinary approach
MIT OpenCourseWare releases first episode of the ChemLab Boot Camp Series
Videos follow 14 MIT freshmen through their introduction to hands-on science.
Study maps pollution’s pathway to the Arctic, sets path for future research
MIT researchers have built a model that will be further developed as part of an NSF-funded project to track how chemicals get to remote Arctic environments.
Researchers identify biochemical functions for most of the human genome
New map provides a reference for interpreting function of disease-associated regions.