MIT researchers developed a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be seamlessly added to any surface.

Rachel Chae and Sihao Huang ’22 will pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

The annual campus event provided ample reason to feel holiday cheer — and included a surprise honor for outgoing President Reif.

The associate professor of architecture envisions construction components that can be printed and shipped.

First-gen MIT graduate students are claiming their identity, forming community, and holding space for one another.

Professor Dennis Whyte, director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, discusses the significance of nuclear fusion energy in light of an announcement that scientists have crossed a milestone in their efforts to develop fusion energy. Whyte explains that, in theory, fusion could “replace all carbon-based energy sources, because it’s scalable in a way that means it can actually power civilization.”

Two research advances by teams of MIT researchers have been named to the Physics World list of the Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2022. Professor Gang Chen and his colleagues were selected for their work “showing that cubic boron arsenide is one of the best semiconductors known to science.” Associate Professor Asegun Henry, graduate student Alina LaPotin, and their colleagues were nominated for “constructing a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell with an efficiency of more than 40%.”

Jessica Rosenkrantz ’05 and her husband Jesse Louis-Rosenberg are creating laser-cut, wooden jigsaw puzzles whose designs are influenced by the natural world. “Inspired by how shapes and forms emerge in nature, they write custom software to ‘grow’ intertwining puzzle pieces. Their signature puzzle cuts have names like dendrite, amoeba, maze, and wave.”

Joseph Coughlin, director of the MIT AgeLab, highlights the safety concerns associated with shrinking airlines seats. “Tightening seating is argued to be a threat to a speedy emergency evacuation and even the cause of dangerous health conditions such as blood clots,” he writes.