An extreme close-up on heat transfer
New formula identifies limits to nanoscale heat transfer, may help optimize devices that convert heat to electricity.
New formula identifies limits to nanoscale heat transfer, may help optimize devices that convert heat to electricity.
Four high-risk, high-reward projects launch with support from Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
MIT team invents efficient shockwave-based process for desalination of water.
MIT physicists share prize in fundamental physics; Larry Guth and Liang Fu win New Horizons Prizes.
New general-purpose optimization algorithm promises order-of-magnitude speedups on some problems.
World-renowned applied mathematician's 50-year career at MIT included service as Department of Mathematics head from 1989 to 1999.
Mathematics professor honored for contributions to mathematical physics that lay the groundwork for new developments in the field.
New programming tool could help engineers build biologically inspired materials.
Theoretical analysis could expand applications of accelerated searching in biology, other fields.
Anna Mikusheva refines the tools of time-series econometrics to develop better forecasting.