Explained: Measuring earthquakes
How do scientists measure jolts such as the recent disaster in Japan? Hint: They don’t use the Richter scale.
Japan’s supply chain ripple effects
MIT researchers assess how the crisis has affected the flow of goods to and from the island nation.
CANES symposium on 'Nuclear Energy in 2050'
Considering nuclear power research and development in the upcoming decades.
Seeing through the cracks
In the wake of Japan’s largest earthquake, MIT scientists look for geological clues to explain its devastating magnitude
The nuclear crisis and Japan’s government
At MIT forum, experts analyze the country's response to the crisis, and give first-hand account of what it was like in Tokyo as the earthquake hit.
What we know, and don't know, about Japan's reactors
Panel of MIT nuclear engineers aims for clarity about the state of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.