Professor Dava Newman made headlines around the world this summer after the MIT News Office promoted the sleek new spacesuit she is developing with colleagues in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Newman and her spandex and nylon BioSuit were featured in more than 50 media outlets, including the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, National Public Radio's Science Friday program, USA Today, Time Magazine, India's Mumbai Mirror, and Panorama, a major Italian magazine. Photo / Donna Coveney
MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions has developed an electrically conductive firebrick that stores heat at high enough temperatures to power industrial processes.