New resource for optical chips
Study: Silicon can reproduce physical phenomena exploited by high-end telecommunications devices.
Strength in numbers
PhD student Dean Knox studies social networks and how individuals use them to access government goods and services.
Advanced silicon solar cells
MIT mechanical engineers are leading an effort to detect defects that reduce efficiency.
Getting their hands dirty: Students experience fieldwork in Hawaii
TREX program from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers undergraduates the opportunity to get out in the field.
Cheaper, faster randomized evaluations
J-PAL North America releases new catalog of administrative data sets to give researchers a leg up in conducting rigorous evaluations of social programs.
Income inequality linked to export “complexity”
The mix of products that countries export is a good predictor of income distribution, study finds.
Vera Gorbunova delivers eighth Paul F. Glenn Lecture
Expert on long-lived rodents provides insights into research on longevity and cancer resistance.
Putting data in the hands of doctors
Computer scientist Regina Barzilay empowers cancer treatment with machine learning.
Modeling the unequal benefits of U.S. environmental policy
New toolset evaluates economic impacts of ozone reduction policies for nine income groups.
Measuring “diagnostic intensity”
New study maps U.S. regions where patients appear more ill than they are
Living sensors at your fingertips
Cell-infused gloves and bandages light up when in contact with certain chemicals.
Motivated by the thrill of discovery
Itamar Kimchi studies the physics underlying unusual behavior of electrons in compounds such as transition metal oxides.
High-res biomolecule imaging
Technique could provide unique views of single molecules that conventional methods can’t match.
A new contrast agent for MRI
New iron oxide nanoparticles could help avoid a rare side effect caused by current contrast agents.
The heart of a far-off star beats for its planet
Scientists observe first planet-induced stellar pulsations.