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The MIT Glass Lab is administratively co-sponsored by the Materials Processing Center and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
A time-lapse video showing the day of the memorial service for fallen MIT Police Officer Sean Collier on April 24, 2013. This video was shot from Westgate, an MIT dormitory building. See more video from around campus on the day of the memorial: ...
This computer simulation shows a cross-section of the plasma inside a tokamak reactor. In this simulation, only the large-scale turbulence effects are modeled — which is adequate for some cases
Scenes from MIT's campus during the memorial ceremony for Officer Sean Collier on April 24, 2013.
Now in its 75th year, we take a look back how the Hobby Shop began, and how it evolved to what it is today.
New research has demonstrated for the first time that when inserted into a pool of liquid, nanowires naturally draw the liquid upward in a thin film that coats the surface of the wire.
OrigaMIT is MIT's original origami club, which exists to promote, practice and teach origami folding, analysis and design.
A team of MIT researchers has found a coating that outperforms others not only in preventing foggy buildups, but also in maintaining good optical properties without distortion.
Students show how household robots could use a little lateral thinking to compensate for their physical shortcomings.
Animation showing how the base of a water droplet forms small "necks" as it moves across a surface that has pillars etched on it.
MIT researchers have invented a new imaging system that allowed them to create this three-dimensional rendering of the cartilage that forms the skull of a five-day-old zebrafish larva.
Founded in 2003, the MIT Laboratory for Chocolate Science is a student club dedicated to the appreciation of chocolate in all its myriad forms.
President Obama recognized the 2011 National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation recipients at a White House ceremony on Feb. 1, 2013.
In the annual Head of the Zesiger, students design and then race boats constructed solely out of cardboard, paint and tape.
Researchers from MIT have now found a safe and efficient way to get large molecules through the cell membrane, by squeezing the cells through a narrow constriction that opens up tiny, temporary holes in the membrane.
Ceramic forms of hydrophobic materials could be far more durable than existing coatings or surface treatments.
MIT researchers at the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research have developed a new material that changes its shape after absorbing water vapor.
Harnessing the principle that allows blood to clot, MIT researchers are working on new synthetic materials to plug holes.
Scalable nanopatterned surfaces designed by MIT researchers could make for more efficient power generation and desalination.
Toys-for-Tickets and Fill-a-Cruiser, are just two of the many ways MIT gives back to the community each year.
The MIT-K12 project puts MIT as a publicly accessible “experiential partner” to the country’s K through 12 educators.
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