Weapon-wielding marine microbes may protect populations from foes
In some populations, natural antibiotics are produced by a few individuals whose closest relatives carry genes conferring resistance.
CEE's Humbyrd wins School of Engineering teaching and mentoring award
Award recognizes and encourages extraordinary teaching and mentoring by a graduate student in the school.
Bringing power to the people — and heat as well
Sun-powered system developed by MIT students could provide electricity, heat and cooling to rural schools and clinics.
MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation launches Manufacturing Technology Advisory Board; Infosys joins board
Leaders from academia and the technology industry will work together to share ideas and plan ways to help transform U.S. manufacturing.
New model of disease contagion ranks U.S. airports in terms of their spreading influence
Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Honolulu are judged likeliest to play a significant role in the growth of a pandemic.
Matthew Orosz awarded Echoing Green Fellowship to further off-grid energy work
Newly minted MIT PhD selected for two-year social entrepreneurship fellowship.
Civil engineers find savings where the rubber meets the road
Study shows that pavement deflection under vehicle tires makes for a continuous uphill drive that increases fuel consumption.
ESD Interim Director Joseph Sussman discusses the case for complex sociotechnical systems as a new field of study
Delivers annual Charles L. Miller Lecture
Study shows unified process of evolution in bacteria and sexual eukaryotes
A single gene mutation can sweep through a population, opening the door for the concept of ‘species’ in bacteria.
Seeing the music in nature
From spider webs to tangled proteins, Markus Buehler finds the connections between mathematics, molecules and materials.
Buehler to receive Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Materials Research Society
Honored for highly innovative and creative work in computational modeling
Buckle in
Inspired by a toy, the ‘buckliball’ — a collapsible structure fabricated from a single piece of material — represents a new class of 3-D, origami-like structures.
Greenhouse gas can find a home underground
New MIT analysis shows there’s enough room to safely store at least a century’s worth of U.S. fossil fuel emissions.
In the World: How rainwater can meet clean-water needs
Rainfall can provide an alternative to polluted groundwater in developing countries, but systems are needed to keep it clean.
Robert Whitman, longtime CEE professor, dies at 84
World-renowned geotechnical engineer and earthquake expert worked at MIT for more than 40 years.