MIT Professor Richard R. Schrock, left, receives the Nobel Prize in chemistry from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, right, during a ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday, Dec. 10. Schrock shared the chemistry prize with Robert H. Grubbs and Yves Chauvin of France for 'the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis.' Photo / Associated Press
MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions has developed an electrically conductive firebrick that stores heat at high enough temperatures to power industrial processes.