Solar-powered system offers a route to inexpensive desalination
Passive solar evaporation system could be used to clean wastewater, provide potable water, or sterilize medical tools in off-grid areas.
A new atlas of cells that carry blood to the brain
Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease.
Student-led MIT course provides an inside look at K-pop
Artists and industry professionals including AleXa join the online course, offering insights into Korean pop music.
An open-source tool for software security
The startup r2c, founded by MIT alumni, offers a database of software security checks to simplify the process of securing code.
New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum
The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics.
MIT.nano receives grant to acquire focused ion beam scanning electron microscope
National Science Foundation award will allow the VELION FIB-SEM to become a permanent instrument in MIT.nano’s characterization facility.
Light could boost performance of fuel cells, lithium batteries, and other devices
With many devices depending on the motion of ions, light could be used as a switch to turn ion motion on and off.
Professor Emery Brown has big plans for anesthesiology
In stepping down as co-director of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Brown will work to develop a new center for anesthesiology research.
From modeling quantum devices to political systems
Senior Sihao Huang uses his background in physics and complex systems to inform his interdisciplinary approach to political science.
3 Questions: What a single car can say about traffic
Measuring traffic properties requires vast amounts of data. Meshkat Botshekan, a PhD student working with the MIT CSHub, is discovering a more efficient and affordable physics-inspired alternative.