Once it is completed in 2010, the new MIT Sloan building (E62, pictured in this artist rendering) should be the greenest building on campus. The six-story structure will incorporate a number of environmentally friendly features including daylighting, chilled beams and radiant ceiling panels. Image / Shimahara Illustration
MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions has developed an electrically conductive firebrick that stores heat at high enough temperatures to power industrial processes.
By examining antigen architectures, MIT researchers built a therapeutic cancer vaccine that may improve tumor response to immune checkpoint blockade treatments.
New research shows the filter-feeders strike a natural balance between permeability and selectivity that could inform design of water treatment systems.
The longtime professor is remembered for his influential role in MIT’s linguistics program and in the expansion of foreign language instruction at the Institute.