Research highlight: Jagadeesh Moodera
Step-by-step, the Moodera Research Group is building the essential knowledge and hardware for next-generation quantum computers.
Higher coal use in Asia could increase water stress
Aerosol emissions would slow warming but suppress rainfall.
Spotting hidden activity in cells
New data analysis technique distinguishes active from passive fluctuations inside cells.
There’s something in the air
Colette Heald studies atmospheric gases and particles, and how they affect air quality and climate.
Five from MIT win 2016 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Awards fund graduate studies for immigrants and children of immigrants.
Good medicine
Varesh Prasad, an MIT graduate student in health sciences and technology, is creating a multidisciplinary future in health care.
MIT Energy Initiative awards nine seed fund grants for early-stage energy research
Winning teams will use grants to advance research in areas including fuel cells, solar-powered desalination, and impacts of electric vehicle charging on the power grid.
Controlling RNA in living cells
Modular, programmable proteins can be used to track or manipulate gene expression.
Mircea Dincă wins National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award
Chemistry professor receives the NSF's highest honor for an outstanding researcher under the age of 35.
Robert Birgeneau to receive Vannevar Bush award
Former MIT physics professor and dean of science recognized by the National Science Board.
MIT.nano rising
MIT's future home for cutting-edge nanoscience and nanotechnology research gets fitted with 23 tons of steel per day.
MIT invites you for a look under the dome
On April 23, MIT's Open House will feature 350-plus events to entertain and inform all ages.
Study: Ancient tectonic activity was trigger for ice ages
Continental shifting may have acted as a natural mechanism for extreme carbon sequestration.
Study finds unexpected long-range particle interactions
Spinning cells could attract each other across surprisingly long distances.
Nuh Gedik: Peering into the heart of matter
MIT physicist uses laser beams to study exotic electronic phenomena at high speeds.