Department snapshot: Mechanical Engineering
More MechE students choose to design their own education.
Brain’s language center has multiple roles
Neuroscientists find Broca’s area is really two subunits, each with its own function.
In profile: Seeing the light
Architect Christoph Reinhart studies how buildings — and whole communities — can use daylight to become more energy-efficient.
3 Questions: Charles Stewart sizes up the 2012 election
MIT political scientist and voting expert weighs in on the state of the presidential campaign, the shifting demographics of America, and the tossup U.S. Senate races.
MIT's CSAIL launches new center to tackle the future of wireless and mobile technologies
Will address major technical challenges facing wireless field, bring together academia and industry
MIT Medical sets new single-day record for flu shots
Second flu clinic being held Thursday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Center
A new way to create rare sugars
MIT team discovers an inorganic catalyst that could pave the way to a more robust synthesis of valuable rare sugars.
Profile: Ju Li explores new nanomaterials
Working from the scale of atoms on up, he designs materials for future energy applications.
Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94
Longtime faculty member guided MIT’s Bates Linear Accelerator from a groundbreaking idea to a globally renowned center for the study of nuclear structure and reactions.
MIT OpenCourseWare marks 10th anniversary of pilot site launch
The first materials from 32 courses were published in a pilot site launched 10 years ago last month.
How better financing could help create new cancer drugs
MIT finance researchers say a diversified ‘megafund’ of securities could help the industry deliver new products to consumers.
DeGraff awarded $1 million NSF grant to continue linguistics research in Haiti
Funding will help develop classroom tools to teach science and math in Creole for the first time.