Don’t show, don’t tell?
Cognitive scientists find that when teaching young children, there is a trade-off between direct instruction and independent exploration.
MIT and Skolkovo Foundation announce collaboration
Joint effort to establish graduate research university in Russia as part of new innovation city of Skolkovo
De Weck and co-authors win best paper award
Research grew out of multi-year collaboration between MIT and Xerox
Researchers redefine the old ‘scratch test’
The centuries-old test for strength actually determines fracture resistance of materials.
New Endeavour for an MIT experiment
Space shuttle propels MIT-led Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station.
Emeritus: A better way to see molecular structures
MIT chemist John Waugh made NMR spectroscopy an indispensable tool for studying proteins and other large molecules.
Tracking the flow of knowledge
Study shows scientists’ location influences how widely their work is read and used for innovations.
Stubbe wins faculty’s Killian Award
Honor recognizes extraordinary professional accomplishment; winner delivers lecture in the spring
Recognizing outstanding undergraduate research
2011 UROP Awards and Eloranta Research Fellowship Recipients named
Which technologies get better faster?
New analysis helps predict which new systems will be on a fast track to improvements in performance.
Looking beyond English
MIT professor uses linguistics in an ESL classroom to teach scientific principles, empower a new generation of critical thinkers.
Paola Cappellaro: a quantum engineer on the frontier of knowledge
Spotlight on Women in Nuclear Science and Engineering
Thousands spend Saturday at MIT
‘Under the Dome’ showcases discovery and innovation; first open house in decades.