The importance of indoor airflow patterns in spreading airborne disease
MIT News - Civil and environmental engineeringTuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of infectious disease deaths, claiming over 1 million lives every year. It spreads…
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of infectious disease deaths, claiming over 1 million lives every year. It spreads…
Concrete has served as the foundation of empires for thousands of years. Today, it’s one of the most common materials i…
The scales of a pine cone open in low humidity to scatter seeds, but close in damp conditions to protect seeds from moi…
Chiang Chung "C.C." Mei, professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE…
The moment a nuclear reactor begins operation, a complex chain of events is initiated within the fuel: Heavy atoms spli…
In the last decade, scientists have shown that fusion energy can work, as a physical process. Next question: Can it wor…
The same overheating problem that happens to our laptops also plagues computer servers and data centers around the worl…