Mastering chemical recipes to make new materials
Mircea Dincă creates next-generation synthetic materials for next-generation energy technologies, electronics, and chemical products.
MIT announces new initiative on environment
Multidisciplinary program, to be led by Susan Solomon, will encourage collaborations among researchers in different fields.
Mixing it up
Relocation brings together materials scientist, theoretical and experimental physicists as Physics of Living Systems group at MIT.
Film, form, and feeling
MIT professor’s new book studies formal properties of movies and the structure of our emotions.
Syncing IT with executive vision
George Westerman develops executive-level strategies for maximizing business value through digital technology
Rounding the finish of a good run
Justin Bullock nears the finish of four years of research and running at MIT, turning next to medical school.
The anthropology of humanitarianism
Anthropologist Erica James examines the effectiveness of aid to those on the margins of society.
A “wimpy” dwarf fossil galaxy reveals new facts about early universe
Faintest galaxy ever detected illuminates unusual aspects of the universe’s early evolution.
Four professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Acemoglu, Brown, Grossman, and Grove bring to 77 the number of MIT faculty who are NAS members.
2014 CEHS call for pilot project proposals
Grants to be awarded in basic and translational environmental health science research
Welcome to the nano age
MIT.nano will help researchers apply the power of nanotechnology to solve big problems.
New building will be a hub for nanoscale research
“MIT.nano,” to be built in the heart of campus, will house advanced cleanroom, imaging, and prototyping facilities.
How to count methane emissions
Study provides new metric for comparing the greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide.
How widespread is tax evasion?
New study puts a cost on "round-tripping," a method investors use to avoid the tax collector.
