Case study suggests new approach to urban water supply
One drought remedy: Keep infrastructure fast, cheap, and under control.
Using energy-based designs to enhance earthquake hazard resistance
International workshop funded by new MISTI Global Seed Fund showcases the potential of energy-based structural analysis and sensing.
Lunar dynamo’s lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years
Findings suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon’s ancient churning, molten core.
Tiny terahertz laser could be used for imaging, chemical detection
New design boosts the power output of the best-performing chip-scale terahertz laser by 80 percent.
Blocking a key enzyme may reverse memory loss
MIT study suggests a new approach to developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
New AI algorithm monitors sleep with radio waves
Patients with sleep disorders could be studied nonintrusively at home using wireless signals.
TESS mission to discover new planets moves toward launch
Satellite’s cameras have been delivered by MIT researchers and passed NASA inspection.
Designing the microstructure of printed objects
Software lets designers exploit the extremely high resolution of 3-D printers.
Fast, noninvasive technique for probing cells may reveal disease
Researchers gauge a cell’s stiffness, which can reflect cancer or other conditions, simply by watching it.
Deadly heat waves could hit South Asia this century
Without action, climate change could devastate a region home to one-fifth of humanity, study finds.
Automatic image retouching on your phone
System can apply a range of styles in real-time, so that the viewfinder displays the enhanced image.
Closing the gender gap in mechanical engineering
Women make up 49.5 percent of MIT’s undergraduates in mechanical engineering, due to department’s proactive approach, study finds.
Underground magma pulse triggered end-Permian extinction
Study ties specific interval during an extended period of volcanism to Earth’s most severe mass extinction.
Intermittent attention, poor memory shape public perceptions of inflation
Consumers may tune in to prices when they need to — but recall data poorly, study finds.
Understanding tropical rainfall
Study finds ocean circulation, coupled with trade wind changes, efficiently limits shifting of tropical rainfall patterns.