New engineering faculty for 2016-2017 | MIT News

The School of Engineering welcomes 13 new professors.

School of Engineering • mit
Oct. 27, 2016 ~17 min

Fighting cancer with the power of immunity | MIT News

New treatment elicits two-pronged immune response that destroys tumors in mice.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 24, 2016 ~7 min


Faculty highlight: Robert Macfarlane | MIT News

MIT chemist constructs nanoparticle-based crystals by programming interactions of synthetic polymers and biopolymers at the molecular level.

Denis Paiste | Materials Processing Center • mit
Oct. 14, 2016 ~20 min

Materials-science innovation on display at MADMEC | MIT News

Water-shedding coating for car windshields wins $10K grand prize at annual prototyping contest.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 12, 2016 ~7 min

Advancing manufacturing innovation on campus and online | MIT News

The White House highlights MIT’s latest efforts as part of National Manufacturing Day.

MIT Innovation Initiative • mit
Oct. 7, 2016 ~5 min

Water vapor sets some oxides aflutter | MIT News

Newly discovered phenomenon could affect materials in batteries and water-splitting devices.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 3, 2016 ~6 min

Designing safe, cheap batteries for grid level storage | MIT News

Summer Scholar Victoria Yao experiments with water-based, flow-driven battery concept in Brushett Lab.

Denis Paiste | Materials Processing Center • mit
Sept. 1, 2016 ~6 min

Modeling how colloidal particles spin through a fixed array | MIT News

Summer Scholar Jennifer Coulter works on computer simulations with associate professor of materials science Alfredo Alexander-Katz.

Denis Paiste | Materials Processing Center • mit
Aug. 29, 2016 ~6 min


New solar cell is more efficient, costs less than its counterparts | MIT News

Exposed in step-like formation, layers of new photovoltaic cell harvest more of sun’s energy.

MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 29, 2016 ~10 min

New method developed for producing some metals | MIT News

Using electricity rather than heat can reduce both energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 24, 2016 ~7 min

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