Vapor-collection technology saves water while clearing the air
System could reclaim pure water from power plant cooling towers; at-scale prototypes tested on MIT facilities have proven effective.
Healing with hydrogels
Inspired by personal tragedy, graduate student Hyunwoo Yuk used his background in soft materials to develop a bioadhesive tape for repairing damaged tissue.
Faster tracking of treatment responses
Biological sensors developed by MIT spinout Glympse Bio could help clinicians make decisions for individual patients.
Lincoln Lab transfers integrated circuit process to industry
Fabrication technique will enable SkyWater Technology to manufacture a range of electronics that can withstand harsh radiation environments.
A 3-D printer powered by machine vision and artificial intelligence
MIT startup Inkbit is overcoming traditional constraints to 3-D printing by giving its machines “eyes and brains.”
3Q: Institute Professor John Deutch on maintaining US leadership in technological innovation
Putting limits on foreign students or technical publications would be counterproductive, write Deutch and Condoleezza Rice.
3Q: Lesley Millar-Nicholson on MIT’s Technology Licensing Office
The TLO serves to protect and invest in the inventions created by MIT researchers.
Institute announces new open access policy for all MIT authors
Optional license allows students, researchers, and staff to make scholarly articles freely available.
3Q: US patent office’s ruling on CRISPR
Charles Jennings of MIT’s McGovern Institute discusses the intellectual property dispute over the gene-editing technique.
Make it your business
StartMIT, a boot camp on entrepreneurship, gives students an intimate look into what it takes to build a company.
Letter regarding the new director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office
Lesley Millar-Nicholson succeeds Lita Nelsen as director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office.
Easier access to patent data
In MIT talk, U.S. Patent Office director Michelle Lee announces new initiatives for public data use.
Harvard attorney to head BU Law’s Technology and Cyberlaw Clinic
Andy Sellars to lead clinic that advises MIT students on laws regarding technology and the Internet.
Rediscovering fundamental innovation
Eugene Fitzgerald explores the innovation dynamics that produce new technological and economic paradigms.
New legal program to support students
MIT and Boston University School of Law launch innovative collaboration in business and cyber law.