Morris Adelman, MIT economics faculty member for more than six decades, dies at 96
Known for influential research in industrial organization and energy economics.
Beyond low-hanging fruit
Alexander Slocum tackles “impossible” engineering problems to help meet growing world energy demand.
NIST awards $539,990 grant to photonics consortium
MIT Microphotonics Center joins iNEMI for 19-month project to develop technology road map.
Student-built robots compete on the slopes
Simulated ski run challenges mechanical engineering students to produce a wide array of robots.
Mastering chemical recipes to make new materials
Mircea Dincă creates next-generation synthetic materials for next-generation energy technologies, electronics, and chemical products.
MIT announces new initiative on environment
Multidisciplinary program, to be led by Susan Solomon, will encourage collaborations among researchers in different fields.
Bruno Perreau examines the politics of adoption in France
A lens for views on gender, parenthood, and "Frenchness."