A new, lightweight polymer film is virtually impenetrable to gas molecules. With such a coating, 鈥測ou could protect infrastructure such as bridges, buildings, rail lines 鈥 basically anything outside exposed to the elements,鈥 says.
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, 鈥渨hich is sort of the Holy Grail of the entire field,鈥 Pablo Jarillo-Herrero says.
As president and CEO of the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad, Caren Kraska 鈥77 helps Americans appreciate the role of trains in the modern economy. Now an Arkansas community leader, she says: 鈥淵ou take that MIT approach with you.鈥
Biological engineers have found several possible targets for a new vaccine against tuberculosis 鈥 the world鈥檚 deadliest infectious disease, killing more than 1 million people annually. 鈥淭here鈥檚 still a huge TB burden globally,鈥 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.
In a world without MIT, radar wouldn鈥檛 have been available to help win World War II. We might not have email, CT scans, time-release drugs, photolithography, or GPS. And we鈥檇 lose over 30,000 companies, employing millions of people. Can you imagine?
鈥婼ince 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 鈥 and what we create today builds a better tomorrow for all of us.