Credit: Christine Daniloff, MIT MIT professor’s study quantifies how many mail-in ballots became “lost votes” in the 2016 U.S. federal election. In elections, every vote…
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A prototype of the new two-stage water harvesting system (center right), was tested on an MIT rooftop. The device, which was connected to a laptop…
Researchers have discovered a way to transform the electronic properties of nanoscale needles of diamond. Credit: MIT News Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic…
A new MIT study reveals that encoding memories in engram cells is controlled by large-scale remodeling of the proteins and DNA that make up cells’…
Study suggests parts of the Sierra Nevadas formed in a “geologic instant,” more than twice as fast as previously thought. Although we can’t see it…
Researchers are working on strategies for designing a universal flu vaccine that could work against any flu strain. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers, edited by…
Institute Professor Emerita Sheila Widnall. Credit: Nina Gallant During 64 years at MIT, the Institute Professor Emerita has been a trailblazer in aerospace and the…
Researchers at MIT and Harvard have shown that people use a type of reasoning known as universalization to help them make moral decisions in certain…
The prevailing theory has been that sea ice can act as a lid to keep carbon in the ocean from escaping back to the atmosphere.…
Rendering of SPARC, a compact, high-field, DT burning tokamak, currently under design by a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Commonwealth Fusion Systems.…
Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered an Earth-sized planet that zips around its star every 3.14 days. Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle, Christine Daniloff, MIT…
3D artistic illustration of the wide-field-of-view metalens capturing a 180° panorama of MIT’s Killian Court and producing a high-resolution monochromatic flat image.” Credit: Image: Mikhail…
The proximity of hot springs to early settlements have led researchers to wonder if early humans used hot springs as a cooking resource long before…
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Credit: NIAID-RML A CRISPR-based test…
BodyCompass is the first home-ready, radio-frequency-based system to provide accurate sleep data without cameras or sensors attached to the body. It was developed by MIT…
This artistic impression depicts Venus. Astronomers at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere may have observed signs of life in the atmosphere of Venus. Credits: Image:…
Course faculty (left to right): Teaching Assistant Lena Afeyan, Professor Facundo Batista, and Professor Richard YoungCredit: Screenshots courtesy of MIT Department of Biology, graphic by…
Alison Wendlandt, Green Career Development Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Credit: Justin Knight Alison Wendlandt explores how the layout of atoms in molecules, such as sugars…
This composite image shows a SOHO image of the Sun and an artist’s impression of Earth’s magnetosphere. Power grid failures, massive blackouts, widespread damage to…