Artificial reef designed by MIT engineers could protect marine life, reduce storm damage
The sustainable and cost-saving structure could dissipate more than 95 percent of incoming wave energy using a small fraction of the material normally needed.
With a new experimental technique, MIT engineers probe the mechanisms of landslides and earthquakes
The behavior of granular materials has been difficult to visualize, but a new method reveals their internal forces in 3D detail.
Study: Life’s building blocks are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions
Results suggest the clouds of Venus could be hospitable for some forms of life.
Envisioning a time when people age without fear of dementia
Moved by the human devastation and scientific conundrum of Alzheimer’s, William Li seeks to work on therapies for the disease.
Three MIT alumni graduate from NASA astronaut training
Marcos Berríos ’06, Christina Birch PhD ’15, and Christopher Williams PhD ’12, now eligible for spaceflight assignments, encourage MIT students to apply for the next astronaut class.
School of Science announces 2024 Infinite Expansion Awards
Nine postdocs and research scientists honored for contributions to the Institute.
Eight from MIT named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows
Fellows honored for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.
Gosha Geogdzhayev and Sadhana Lolla named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholars
The MIT seniors will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University.
Electrons become fractions of themselves in graphene, study finds
An exotic electronic state observed by MIT physicists could enable more robust forms of quantum computing.
For all humankind
Political science and physics major Leela Fredlund wants to ensure fairness and justice prevail in humanity's leap into space.
MIT physicists capture the first sounds of heat “sloshing” in a superfluid
The results will expand scientists’ understanding of heat flow in superconductors and neutron stars.
Researchers discover new channels to excite magnetic waves with terahertz light
The finding provides new insights into the ultrafast control of magnetic materials, with potential to enable next-generation information processing technologies.
New MIT.nano equipment to accelerate innovation in “tough tech” sectors
The advanced fabrication tools will enable the next generation of microelectronics and microsystems while bridging the gap from the lab to commercialization.
Astronomers spot 18 black holes gobbling up nearby stars
The detections more than double the number of known tidal disruption events in the nearby universe.
Study: Stars travel more slowly at Milky Way’s edge
The findings suggest our galaxy’s core may contain less dark matter than previously estimated.