Study tracks “memory” of soil moisture
First year of data from SMAP satellite provides new insights for weather, agriculture, and climate.
Feng Zhang named James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience
CRISPR pioneer named to inaugural chair created by Patricia and James Poitras '63, founders of MIT’s Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research.
Two from MIT share National Academy of Engineering Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize
Professor James Fujimoto, Eric Swanson SM '84, and collaborators lauded for optical coherence tomography.
Creating “big, beautiful things”
Senior Garrett Parrish combines art and technology, with dramatic effects.
Otto Harling, professor emeritus of nuclear engineering, dies at 85
Longtime Nuclear Research Lab director made advances in nuclear and condensed-matter physics, nuclear materials, reactor technology, and nuclear medicine.
Study of MOOCs offers insights into online learner engagement and behavior
New report, based on four years of data from edX, represents one of the largest surveys of massive open online courses to date.
Taking a break and making connections
MIT Senior Jahnavi Kalpathy shares her story of taking a leave of absence.
Split-second data mapping
New type of database-analytics platform queries and maps billions of data points in milliseconds.
How engineering students are seeking to solve major food and water security problems
Students with a common passion for food and water security share their research at the MIT Water and Food Security Symposium.
Study: Some catalysts contribute their own oxygen for reactions
Finding may help researchers fine-tune metal-oxide catalysts to enhance energy storage technology.
Model sheds light on purpose of inhibitory neurons
Study suggests computational role for neurons that prevent other neurons from firing.
Inspired by radiation
Nuclear scientist Michael Short aims to understand the full range of defects produced when materials are exposed to radiation.