Students unveil “magical” product designs
Final presentations in mechanical engineering class show devices for climbers, patients, and others.
Stretchable hydrogel electronics
Water-based “Band-Aid” senses temperature, lights up, and delivers medicine to the skin.
Grace Overlander SM '08, MBA '08 recognized for leadership and mentoring in clean energy
Tesla Motors manager honored at Women in Clean Energy Symposium hosted by the MIT Energy Initiative and U.S. Department of Energy.
Bose Grants fund bold and innovative visions
Four high-risk, high-reward projects launch with support from Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
MIT to host American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting
A record number of presenters from the international community will convene for the 68th annual Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Nov. 22-24.
Sleeping under the stars in Australia
Solar Electric Vehicle Team completes the 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
Hydrogel superglue is 90 percent water
New “water adhesive” is tougher than natural adhesives employed by mussels and barnacles.
Harvesting more energy from photons
Quantum process increases the number of electrons produced when light strikes a metal-dielectric interface.
Joseph Minervini appointed as assistant director of Plasma Science and Fusion Center
International expert in fusion and magnet technology succeeds Peter Catto, who had served as assistant director since 2000.
Bubble, bubble, at the flick of a switch
Researchers find a way to control the bubbles of boiling water using a small electric charge.
Bringing MIT and India closer together
Tata Center Annual Symposium explores many pathways for MIT research to have an impact in India and the developing world.
To capture a wave
Themistoklis Sapsis seeks to understand, predict, and optimize complex engineering and environmental systems under extreme uncertainty.