QS ranks MIT the world’s top university for 2016-17
Ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 42 disciplines.
Ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 42 disciplines.
Device that measures growth of many individual cells simultaneously could lead to rapid tests for antibiotics.
Mobile-phone data helps researchers study an urban problem in greater detail.
Summer Scholar Victoria Yao experiments with water-based, flow-driven battery concept in Brushett Lab.
Branchlike deposits grow on lithium electrode surfaces in two ways, one much more damaging.
Engineer’s designs may help purify water, diagnose disease in remote regions of world.
MIT researchers find a way to make pesticides stick to leaves instead of bouncing off.
Summer Scholar Jennifer Coulter works on computer simulations with associate professor of materials science Alfredo Alexander-Katz.
Big-data analysis could give city planners timelier, more accurate alternatives to commuter surveys.
Simple equation predicts force needed to push objects through granular and pasty materials.
Exposed in step-like formation, layers of new photovoltaic cell harvest more of sun’s energy.
Study shows long-lasting health, economic impacts of lead emissions from U.S. general aviation flights.
Heat-responsive materials may aid in controlled drug delivery and solar panel tracking.
Startup’s engineered yeast helps clients produce fragrances and flavors more efficiently.
New technique offers precise manipulation of when and where genes are targeted.