Job seekers to job generators
RLE’s Translational Fellows Program starts up a new dimension of support for postdocs.
High-speed biologics screen
Engineers devise technology for rapidly testing drug-delivery vehicles in zebrafish.
Engineered proteins stick like glue — even in water
New adhesives based on mussel proteins could be useful for naval or medical applications.
Magnetic fields make the excitons go ’round
Theorists find a new way to improve efficiency of solar cells by overcoming exciton “traps.”
Toward optical chips
A promising light source for optoelectronic chips can be tuned to different frequencies.
Bound for robotic glory
New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass.
School of Engineering awards for 2014
Awards given to outstanding faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students
Chips that can steer light
Record-setting ‘optical phased arrays’ could lead to better laser rangefinders, smaller medical-imaging devices and even holographic TVs.
Maria Zuber appointed vice president for research
Claude Canizares will take a new role as a vice president with responsibility for international partnerships.