Student-built instrument headed to asteroid and back
Created by MIT students, REXIS has been integrated onto NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
Grad students honored for their research at Materials Research Society meeting
Three MIT graduate students win Silver Awards for work on catalysts, hydrogels, and magnetic nanoparticles.
MIT fourth after fall seasons in Director’s Cup standings
In a strong fall season for the Engineers, four MIT teams qualified for NCAA Championship competition.
Sports Shorts for Jan. 4, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
MIT fourth in Directory’s Cup fall standings; three women’s soccer players named All-New England.
Love for Times Square
MIT professor, PhD candidate design Valentine’s Day pavilion for New York City.
Top tweets of 2015
Best posts of the year on @MIT highlight our new humanoid robot, MIT women in engineering, an optics lesson for #TheDress, and more.
New insights on political participation in Sub-Sahara Africa
PhD student Leah Rosenzweig's electoral insights shed light on reasons for citizen participation in authoritarian and transitional countries in Sub-Sahara Africa.
MIT brings a touch of trash to fashion
Student-run Trashion Show, returning for its fifth year, aims to foster awareness of sustainable materials.
Stimulus plan?
Interest is growing in brain stimulation devices — and regulating them may prove tricky.
Inspiring the next generation of nuclear engineers
Nuclear science and engineering community leads “Science on Saturday” outreach at MIT.
Senior Camilo Ruiz engineers solutions
Biological engineering major pursues collaborations that have broad impact for society.
Building analytical tools to improve understanding of China's political economy
PhD student Yiqing Xu applies new methodology for better insight into the Chinese political economy.
A mechanical engineering rite of passage at MIT
Since the 1970s, Department of Mechanical Engineering course 2.007 has introduced undergraduate students to hands-on designing and building.