Physicists observed key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in a special form of graphene. The findings may guide the design of superconductors that work at room temperature, “which is sort of the Holy Grail of the entire field,” Pablo Jarillo-Herrero says.
Biological engineers have found several possible targets for a new vaccine against tuberculosis — the world’s deadliest infectious disease, killing more than 1 million people annually. “There’s still a huge TB burden globally,” Bryan Bryson says.
Engineers have developed a flexible drug-delivery patch that can be placed on the heart after a heart attack to promote healing and regeneration of cardiac tissue. The patch is designed to carry several drugs that can be released at different times.
Forbes profiled Daniela Rus, writing that her work revolutionizing the field of robotics is bringing “empathy into engineering and proving that responsibility is as radical and as commercially attractive as unguarded innovation.”
Nov. 2 marked 25 years of continuous human presence in space aboard the International Space Station. MIT-trained astronauts, scientists, and engineers have played integral roles in the station’s design, assembly, operations, and scientific research.
In a world without MIT, radar wouldn’t have been available to help win World War II. We might not have email, CT scans, time-release drugs, photolithography, or GPS. And we’d lose over 30,000 companies, employing millions of people. Can you imagine?
Since its founding, MIT has been key to helping American science and innovation lead the world. Discoveries that begin here generate jobs and power the economy — and what we create today builds a better tomorrow for all of us.