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How to increase the rate of plastics recycling
While recycling systems and bottle deposits have become increasingly widespread in the U.S., actual rates of recycling are “abysmal,” according to a team of MIT researchers who studied…
MIT researchers identify routes to stronger titanium alloys
Titanium alloys are essential structural materials for a wide variety of applications, from aerospace and energy infrastructure to biomedical equipment. But like most metals, optimizing their properties tends to…
Rebecca Shepardson and Mahia Brown honored with 2024 Infinite Mile Awards
Rebecca Shepardson and Mahia Brown have won the School of Engineering’s 2024 Infinite Mile Award, which honors staff members for their extraordinary contributions to MIT’s educational mission. At a…
Pioneering the future of materials extraction
The next time you cook pasta, imagine that instead of just ziti, say, you are cooking spaghetti, rigatoni, and seven other varieties all together, and they need to…
MIT graduate engineering ranked No. 1 by U.S. News for 2024-25
U.S. News and Word Report has again placed MIT’s graduate program in engineering at the top of its annual rankings, released today. The Institute has held the No. 1…
Bilge Yildiz awarded the Faraday Medal for electrochemistry
Professor Bilge Yildiz has been chosen as the 2024 recipient of the Faraday Medal by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The Breene M. Kerr (1951) Professor in the…
Researchers discuss queer visibility in academia
“My identity as a scientist and my identity as a gay man are not contradictory, but complimentary,” says Jack Forman, PhD candidate in media arts and sciences and…
A vibrating curtain of silk can stifle noise pollution
A slim sheet of silk could smother noise coming from the other side of a large room, reports Andrew Chapman in Scientific American. DMSE’s Yoel Fink and a…
Quick action keeps DMSE commencement celebration on dry ground
A nearly constant downpour threatened to drench the Department of Materials Science and Engineering’s commencement reception at MIT on May 30, but quick thinking and swift action by…
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2024-25
MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which were announced today. This is the 13th year in a row MIT has received…