David Lanning, MIT professor emeritus of nuclear science and engineering and a key contributor to the…
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Seizing solar’s bright future
Consider the dizzying ascent of solar energy in the United States: In the past decade, solar…
Offering clean energy around the clock
As remarkable as the rise of solar and wind farms has been over the last 20…
Two from MIT awarded 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
MIT graduate student Riyam Al Msari and alumna Francisca Vasconcelos ’20 are among the 30 recipients…
Shining a light on oil fields to make them more sustainable
Operating an oil field is complex and there is a staggeringly long list of things that…
Three MIT alumni graduate from NASA astronaut training
“It’s been a wild ride,” says Christopher Williams PhD ’12, moments after he received his astronaut pin,…
Startup accelerates progress toward light-speed computing
Our ability to cram ever-smaller transistors onto a chip has enabled today’s age of ubiquitous computing.…
Safer skies with self-flying helicopters
In late 2019, after years of studying aviation and aerospace engineering, Hector (Haofeng) Xu decided to…
Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87 to deliver MIT’s 2024 Commencement address
Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87, an inventor and parallel entrepreneur with a penchant for bold ideas, will…
MIT Faculty Founder Initiative announces finalists for second competition
The MIT Faculty Founder Initiative has announced 12 finalists for the 2023-24 MIT-Royalty Pharma Prize Competition.…