New materials, heated under high magnetic fields, could produce record levels of energy, model shows.

New fellowship program honoring trailblazing Nobel laureate awards four MIT postdocs focused on drug discovery and development.

Year-long program will give early-stage entrepreneurs a leg up in the functional fabrics industry.

Technology could help prevent life-threatening infections in patients receiving chemotherapy.

Vladimir Bulović will be first director of the Institute's new nanoscience and nanotechnology facility.

Newly observed optical state could enable quantum computing with photons.

Prize recognizes contributions to biomedical research made by immigrant scientists.

Design is major stepping stone toward portable artificial-intelligence devices.

Saman Amarasinghe and Joel Voldman are named associate department heads; Nancy Lynch is associate department head for strategic directions, a new post.

Associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science was part of a group that earned acclaim for work on a new video compression standard.