Enriching solid-state batteries

MIT researchers demonstrate a method to make a smaller, safer, and faster lithium-rich ceramic electrolyte.

Denis Paiste | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
July 11, 2019 ~14 min

New AI programming language goes beyond deep learning

General-purpose language works for computer vision, robotics, statistics, and more.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
June 26, 2019 ~8 min


Imaging system helps surgeons remove tiny ovarian tumors

More effective surgery could boost survival rates for ovarian cancer.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
April 23, 2019 ~9 min

New facilities will keep Lincoln Laboratory at the forefront of advanced prototyping

Facility modernization plan includes a new compound semiconductor laboratory and microsystem integration facility that will enable modern innovation.

Kylie Foy | Lincoln Laboratory • mit
April 3, 2019 ~5 min

From the Marines to MIT

Brent Minchew has flown presidents and foreign dignitaries on Marine One. Today he studies how ice sheets evolve and respond to changing climate.

Kelsey Tsipis | EAPS • mit
Feb. 8, 2019 ~11 min

SuperUROP: Showcasing students' research work in progress

Undergraduate researchers discussed their projects at a well-attended poster session.

Kathryn O’Neill | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science • mit
Jan. 31, 2019 ~8 min

MIT’s REXIS and Bennu’s watery surface

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample-return spacecraft, carrying MIT instrument, arrived at asteroid in December; now begins the science to select a sampling location.

Lauren Hinkel | EAPS • mit
Jan. 29, 2019 ~9 min

Physicists record “lifetime” of graphene qubits

First measurement of its kind could provide stepping stone to practical quantum computing.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 31, 2018 ~8 min


MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts

The silent, lightweight aircraft doesn’t depend on fossil fuels or batteries.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 21, 2018 ~8 min

Using electricity and water, a new kind of motor can slide microrobots into motion

Microhydraulic actuators, thinner than one-third the width of human hair, are proving to be the most powerful and efficient motors at the microscale.

Kylie Foy | Lincoln Laboratory • mit
Nov. 19, 2018 ~8 min

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