Eight MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Engineering
New members have made advances in artificial skin, wireless communications, nanotechnology, hydrology, and cancer treatment.
Concrete Sustainability Hub welcomes Panamanian government officials
Panamanian delegates participating in the U.S. Trade and Development Agency Global Procurement Initiative visited MIT to learn about life-cycle cost analysis models.
Transparent, gel-based robots can catch and release live fish
Made from hydrogel, robots may one day assist in surgical operations, evade underwater detection.
Zeroing in on the chemistry of the air
Jesse Kroll examines how pollutants change chemically as they waft around the globe.
How the smallest, most abundant bacteria inspired a children's book series
Institute Professor Penny Chisholm teams up with author and illustrator Molly Bang to write environmental children’s book series.
For refugee camps, a waterless toilet to improve health and safety
As camps swell, change:WATER Labs aims to bring toilets into individual homes.
MIT, Conservation International announce collaboration on climate adaptation and mitigation
Collaboration will explore ways of working with natural systems to address climate change.
Energy-efficient design
MIT researchers are helping architects optimize both design and energy efficiency.
Art, engineering, and architecture
Freshman seminar inspires students to see the world with fresh eyes.
Study tracks “memory” of soil moisture
First year of data from SMAP satellite provides new insights for weather, agriculture, and climate.
How engineering students are seeking to solve major food and water security problems
Students with a common passion for food and water security share their research at the MIT Water and Food Security Symposium.
Researchers design one of the strongest, lightest materials known
Porous, 3-D forms of graphene developed at MIT can be 10 times as strong as steel but much lighter.
Study finds more extreme storms ahead for California
New technique predicts frequency of heavy precipitation with global warming.
Alumni and entrepreneurs team up to guide young startups
Innovation@ONE business pitch competition features startups and ideas out of Course 1.
New approach calculates benefits of building hazard-resistant structures
Calculation developed by MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub shows that when building in areas prone to natural disasters, it pays to make informed decisions.