Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)
Inspired ideas to improve the world
August 30, 2012
School of Architecture + Planning students win thousands in grants for business startups
Also labeled: Architecture, Entrepreneurship, International development, Media Lab, Startups, Urban studies and planning
Alumnus personifies Paralympic spirit
August 30, 2012
Slice of MIT tracks MIT's Olympic and Paralympic connections.
Skolkovo Tech’s Innovation Workshop underway at MIT
August 23, 2012
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Global, Russia, Skolkovo, Skoltech, Special events and guest speakers
One-molecule-thick material has big advantages
August 23, 2012
MIT researchers produce complex electronic circuits from molybdenum disulfide, a material that could have many more applications.
Two MIT chemists win ACS awards
August 22, 2012
Buchwald, Swager honored by the American Chemical Society
Teaching a microbe to make fuel
August 21, 2012
Genetically modified organism could turn carbon dioxide or waste products into a gasoline-compatible transportation fuel.
Graphene’s behavior depends on where it sits
August 13, 2012
New findings show that the material beneath the thin carbon sheets determines how they react chemically and electrically.
Bringing power to the people — and heat as well
August 6, 2012
Sun-powered system developed by MIT students could provide electricity, heat and cooling to rural schools and clinics.
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Civil and environmental engineering, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Heat, In the world, Global, Mechanical engineering, Solar, Students
2012-13 Legatum Fellows Announced
August 3, 2012
25 students awarded fellowships for projects in 15 countries.
Wrinkled surfaces could have widespread applications
August 1, 2012
MIT team discovers way of making perfectly ordered and repeatable surfaces with patterns of microscale wrinkles.
MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation launches Manufacturing Technology Advisory Board; Infosys joins board
July 26, 2012
Leaders from academia and the technology industry will work together to share ideas and plan ways to help transform U.S. manufacturing.
Single-photon transmitter could enable new quantum devices
July 25, 2012
Long-sought goal for quantum devices — the ability to transmit single photons while blocking multiple photons — is finally achieved.
Research update: Chips with self-assembling rectangles
July 19, 2012
New technique allows production of complex microchip structures in one self-assembling step.
Also labeled: Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Materials science, Microchips, Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Research, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Self-assembly, Semiconductors, Students, National Science Foundation (NSF), Singapore-MIT
Dripping faucets inspire new way of creating structured particles
July 18, 2012
Researchers find new method for making spherical particles, from nanoscale to pinhead-sized — including complex beach-ball-like shapes.
Said and Done for June/July 2012
July 16, 2012
Digest of MIT humanities, arts and social sciences
Also labeled: Architecture, Arts, Astronauts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Books and authors, Economics, Faculty, Health care, Humanities, Music, NASA, Policy, Social sciences, Students, Water
New chip captures power from multiple sources
July 9, 2012
System developed at MIT could combine power harvested from light, heat and vibrations to run monitoring systems.
Matthew Orosz awarded Echoing Green Fellowship to further off-grid energy work
July 5, 2012
Newly minted MIT PhD selected for two-year social entrepreneurship fellowship.
Sharper ultrasound images could improve diagnostics
June 18, 2012
New system developed at MIT allows precise measurements and tracking of disease progression.
Teaching self-assembling structures a new trick
June 7, 2012
MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices.
Madrid-MIT Consortium holds international conference in Madrid
June 5, 2012
Interdisciplinary dialogue among global leaders focuses on developing strong biomedical innovation ecosystems.
Physicist and entrepreneur Dr. Stephen Quake honored with $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
June 4, 2012
Recognized for biomedical discoveries and commercialization of inventions revolutionizing human health
In the World: MIT-designed cooler preserves tuberculosis drugs, records doses
May 30, 2012
A simple cooler could help patients battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.
Device may inject a variety of drugs without using needles
May 24, 2012
Jet-injected drugs could improve patient compliance, reduce accidental needle sticks.
Also labeled: Drug delivery, Health care, Mechanical engineering, Medicine, Research, Vaccines, Needles
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