Wilhem Hector, a senior from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was awarded a Global Rhodes Scholarship. He is the first Haitian national to receive this distinction.
A new study by Paul Lilin and Irmgard Bischofberger, rationalizes the spectacular crack patterns formed by drying drops of a colloidal suspension by considering the energy released by each successive crack.
Motivated by circular construction’s eco potential, MIT engineers are developing a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass.