SuperUROP undergrad research program goes engineering-wide
Yearlong “Super” Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program expands beyond electrical engineering and computer science.
Communicating engineering research at MERE showcase
Second annual Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition brings together community and recognizes graduate students.
J-WAFS Solutions awards two $150,000 commercialization grants
Renewable grants awarded to PIs in materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, and biology.
Analyzing protein structures in their native environment
Enhanced-sensitivity NMR could reveal new clues to how proteins fold.
Enhancing movement with computational models
PhD student David Hill maps human locomotion in detail to improve rehabilitative and assistive robotics.
Deshpande Center announces fall 2015 research grants
Fifteen research teams receive $1,151,000 to develop new technological innovations.
3Q: The massive impact of neutrino research
Physicist Joseph Formaggio discusses the significance of this year’s Nobel Prize in physics, MIT’s involvement in neutrino research.
MIT-USAID program releases evaluation of water filters
Study of water filters used in Indian homes assesses suitability, scalability, and sustainability.
Predicting change in the Alzheimer’s brain
Combining MRI and other data helps machine-learning systems predict effects of neurodegenerative disease.
Big range of behaviors for tiny graphene pores
Like biological channels, graphene pores are selective for certain types of ions.
How the brain recognizes objects
Neuroscientists find evidence that the brain’s inferotemporal cortex can identify objects.
Microbe sleuth
Tanja Bosak examines how life and the Earth evolved in tandem during their early history together.
Significant foundation grant extends two-way partnership with Italy through 2020
Agreement will support a number of joint research projects, seminars, lectures, and other programming.