Frost-free planes: back to the drawing board
Research from MIT and GE demonstrates that a proposed passive solution for preventing ice on wings won’t work — but suggests an alternative.
Emeritus: John Heywood
He literally wrote the book on the internal combustion engine — and says rumors of its death are greatly exaggerated.
Undergrads bring energy education to Ghana
Ghanaian high school students share alternative energy ideas with rural village.
Test kitchen, MIT-style
Students in this year’s product-engineering class serve up food-related innovations.
Understanding shape-shifting polymers
MIT analysis should enable easier design for biomedical uses of plastic materials that have a shape memory.
Predicting ocean motions and underwater sounds
MIT research could help ocean science, naval operations and the control and location of underwater vehicles.
The surprising physics of cats’ drinking
A new study reveals that even the way cats lap up liquid displays the perfect balance for which they’re known.
Four MIT students win 2010 MIT-CIMIT Fellowships
Receive multi-year support to work on traditionally underfunded areas in health care.
Evelyn Wang receives Air Force Young Investigator Award
43 researchers share $16.5 million in grants.
Gail Kendall’s gift transforms historic lab
The Rohsenow Kendall Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory completes a total renovation
In the World: Drinking water, from sunshine
MIT team designs solar-powered portable desalination system to use in disaster zones and remote regions.
MIT cyclists best overall at 2010 Collegiate National Track Championships
For third consecutive year, team wins Division II Omnium.
Roger Kamm elected to the Institute of Medicine
One of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine
CEE researchers collaborate with Nobel Prize winner
Team explains tearing mechanism of the triangular-shaped ribbons of graphene