Sun-powered desalination for villages in India
Off-grid Indian communities with salty groundwater could get potable water through a proposed solar technique.
A lifelong relationship with the Institute
Newly tenured Evelyn Wang — whose parents met at MIT — studies heat transfer in materials.
Should scientists handle retractions differently?
Study: Retracted papers needlessly stigmatize and jeopardize solid research in related fields.
Picower study finds connection between rare muscle disease and autoimmune disorders
Patients with a rare neuromuscular disorder and those with nerve damage tied to autoimmune disorders may share the same faulty synapses.
Re-inventing the grid
Cambridge-based MIT startup Ambri is building a novel liquid metal battery for grid-level storage to revolutionize energy in the 21st century.
Nature’s tiny engineers
Coral organisms use minuscule appendages to control their environment, stirring up water eddies to bring nutrients.
Ride-sharing could cut cabs’ road time by 30 percent
A new analytic framework enables analysis of GPS data on 150 million cab rides in New York City.
The power of hidden patterns
Interfaces within materials can be patterned as a means of controlling the properties of composites.
Neuroscientists reverse memories’ emotional associations
MIT study also identifies the brain circuit that links feelings to memories.
Snowfall in a warmer world
Study finds big snowstorms will still occur in the Northern Hemisphere following global warming.
Classroom contest yields publishable results
Students’ designs for cellular-networking protocols help define the limits of protocol performance.
Sorting cells with sound waves
Acoustic device that separates tumor cells from blood cells could help assess cancer’s spread.
Study: Cutting emissions pays for itself
Savings from healthier air can make up for some or all of the cost of carbon-reduction policies.