It pays to cooperate
Yeast cells that share food have a survival edge over their freeloading neighbors — particularly when there is bacterial competition.
Undergraduate Winters presents winning poster at APS annual meeting
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering junior wins one of three poster awards.
Sitting still or going hunting: Which works better?
If you’re a microbe floating in the ocean, there’s no single best strategy for getting food, MIT research shows.
Composing for loudspeakers: computer music pioneer John Chowning visits MIT
The inventor of FM synthesis, Chowning revolutionized the music industry; saw a glimpsing into the future of music at the Institute.
‘Invisibility’ could be a key to better electronics
MIT team applies technology developed for visual ‘cloaking’ to enable more efficient transfer of electrons.
Physics department head honored for diversity efforts
Bertschinger to receive honor from MAES-Latinos in Engineering and Science
Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94
Longtime faculty member guided MIT’s Bates Linear Accelerator from a groundbreaking idea to a globally renowned center for the study of nuclear structure and reactions.
The mathematics of leaf decay
A mathematical model reveals commonality within the diversity of leaf decay.
Probing the mysteries of cracks and stresses
Analysis of molecular-level fracture and stress mechanisms could have broad implications for understanding materials’ behavior.
Watching electrons move at high speed
New MIT system allows femtosecond-resolution movie of electrons in a topological insulator, a promising new electronic material.
Four from MIT win NIH grants
Brown, Gore, Ploegh and Zhang receive grants for innovative biomedical research.
Kaylee de Soto: A game changer
Incoming freshman refreshes Plasma Science and Fusion Center outreach tools.
A one-way street for spinning atoms
Work correlating ultracold atoms’ spin with their direction of motion may help physicists model new circuit devices and unusual phases of matter.
Patterning defect-free nanocrystal films with nanometer resolution
New process developed at MIT could enable better LED displays, solar cells and biosensors — and foster basic physics research.
Graphene’s behavior depends on where it sits
New findings show that the material beneath the thin carbon sheets determines how they react chemically and electrically.