Boiling down viscous flow
A new simplified model predicts patterns that form from honey-like fluids.
Patents forecast technological change
New method uses patent data to estimate a technology’s future rate of improvement.
Taking aircraft manufacturing out of the oven
New technique uses carbon nanotube film to directly heat and cure composite materials.
MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation launches manufacturing innovation consortium
Forum also honors Ravi Kumar, executive vice president of Infosys, with expanded role on its Technology Advisory Board.
MIT launches “Solve” to galvanize action on solving the world’s great challenges
Leaders to gather for keystone event at MIT next October.
MIT Forum for Supply Chain releases annual report on U.S. manufacturing
Survey indicates 13.5 percent of manufacturers intend to move some manufacturing activities back to the U.S.
Report details steps needed to accelerate innovation at MIT
New Innovation Initiative aims to reshape the role of the university in the 21st-century economy.
Shedding light on the future of photovoltaics
MIT study finds unprecedented production of metals needed to meet some solar energy goals.
Will the new industrial city work?
At MIT symposium, promise of advanced manufacturing suggests new ways to reshape urban space.
Reif briefs Obama in White House forum on the innovation economy
Advanced Manufacturing Partnership 2.0 delivers report on developing innovation-based growth.
Fast, cheap nanomanufacturing
Arrays of tiny conical tips that eject ionized materials could fabricate nanoscale devices cheaply.
The connector
Munther Dahleh’s expertise in mathematical modeling gives him profound insight into people, and MIT.
CSAIL team puts design in your hands
Fab By Example lets you quickly create thousands of custom designs for furniture, go-carts, and more.
Sanofi joins MIT Forum’s manufacturing advisory board
One of world’s largest global health care companies will collaborate on industry challenges and opportunities.