Small is Mighty: the Square-Cube Law
Small is Mighty: the Square-Cube Law
Why is the ant mightier than an elephant?
MacVicar Day 2013
MacVicar Day 2013
Attendees at the MacVicar Day celebration on March 15, 2013, became participants in an online-learning experiment led by Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Anette “Peko” Hosoi.
A Global Education
A Global Education
The MIT Executive MBA emphasizes global leadership in three ways throughout the program, as MIT EMBA program director Jonathan Lehrich explains.
Electives
Electives
MIT EMBA program director Jonathan Lehrich describes the broad spectrum of electives available in the MIT Executive MBA.
Feel the Pulse - 2013 Image Award Winner
Feel the Pulse - 2013 Image Award Winner
Kwabena Badu-Nkansah explains the science behind his beautiful image, Feel the Pulse: Smooth Muscle Cells Respond to Stretching Forces. Kwabena image was selected as a winner of the 2013 Koch Institute Image Awards. See all the winners at http://ki-galleries.mit.edu.
Bacterial Supernova - 2013 Image Award Winner
Bacterial Supernova - 2013 Image Award Winner
Tal Danino explains the science behind his incredible image, Bacterial Supernova: Programming E. coli to Release Drugs into a Tumor. Tal's image was selected as a winner of the 2013 Koch Institute Image Awards. See all the winners ...
Patch of Light - 2013 Image Award Winner
Patch of Light - 2013 Image Award Winner
Michael Wells explains the science behind his striking image, Patch of Light: Trying to Understand a Newly Discovered Autism-Linked Gene. Michael's image was selected as a winner of the 2013 Koch Institute Image Awards. See all the winners at http://ki-galleries.mit.edu.
Conversation with the President: Strengthening MIT's Global ...
Conversation with the President: Strengthening MIT's Global Impact
President Reif discussed how MIT is realizing its potential as a university with global impact by fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, collaboration and diversity.
Fluid Dynamics: Non-Newtonian Fluids
Fluid Dynamics: Non-Newtonian Fluids
Can something be a solid and a liquid at the same time?
Gravity Assist, or Stealing a Planet's Angular Momentum and ...
Gravity Assist, or Stealing a Planet's Angular Momentum and Getting Away ...
“Gravity assist” is a maneuver performed by interplanetary spacecraft to travel farther on less fuel.
Folding fiends: MIT's Origami Club
OrigaMIT: MIT's Origami Club
OrigaMIT is MIT's original origami club, which exists to promote, practice and teach origami folding, analysis and design.
2nd-floor gravity
2nd-floor gravity
Does gravity affect everything at the same rate? An experiment to explain gravity.
There's Light at the End of the Tunnel
There's Light at the End of the Tunnel
A panel of recent MIT alumni across academia, industry, consulting, and entrepreneurial careers speak about how they planned and accomplished graduation (convincing advisor, committee); how their career paths post-graduation have changed since MIT (work style, pace, perks, drawbacks); and what ...
MIT-Haiti Initiative Workshops, January 2013
MIT-Haiti Initiative Workshops, January 2013
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Circular Motion
Circular Motion
What makes the Moon orbit the Earth and how can it be calculated?
Newton's Prism Experiment
Newton's Prism Experiment
What color is white light? Want to know how to make it?
