A new way to mix oil and water
Condensation-based method developed at MIT could create stable nanoscale emulsions.
Condensation-based method developed at MIT could create stable nanoscale emulsions.
Light-based devices could be used as biomedical sensors or as flexible connectors for electronics.
Improved methods validate the use of blood samples for studying patients’ cancer genomes.
System could pore through millions of research papers to extract “recipes” for producing materials.
Studies in mice show improved social interaction and cognition from a potential therapeutic for a syndrome that often results in autism.
Study: Long-term states of mind can affect short-term financial decisions.
System for performing “tensor algebra” offers 100-fold speedups over previous software packages.
Studies by Richard Wurtman have led to development of nutrient mix shown to slow cognitive impairment in early stages of the disease.
Printed nozzle system could make uniform, versatile fibers at much lower cost.
Energy-efficient construction is key to lowering urban emissions, study finds.
The Institute finished the fiscal year with $589 million in new gifts and pledges, MIT’s largest annual fundraising total to date.
New acoustic analysis could pinpoint impacts by meteorites or possibly plane debris.
Team of professional and citizen scientists identifies tails of comets streaking past a distant star.
“REPAIR” system edits RNA, rather than DNA; has potential to treat diseases without permanently affecting the genome.
Data visualization map explores two decades of enrollment trends among female students at the Institute.