Japan
Commemorating 20 years of the JR East Professorship
October 21, 2011
Learning the lessons of Fukushima
August 23, 2011
Japan’s nuclear meltdowns provide valuable lessons for the design of future nuclear powerplants.
Said and Done
August 17, 2011
Humanities, arts and social sciences digest for July/August 2011.
In Profile: Kenneth Oye
August 11, 2011
A political scientist aims to help governments assess the potential risks of new technologies.
Inside the innards of a nuclear reactor
July 21, 2011
Tiny robots may monitor underground pipes for radioactive leaks.
Said and Done
July 4, 2011
Humanities, arts and social sciences digest for June 2011
Explained: Measuring earthquakes
May 10, 2011
How do scientists measure jolts such as the recent disaster in Japan? Hint: They don’t use the Richter scale.
Said and Done
April 21, 2011
Humanities, arts and social sciences digest for April 2011
Japan’s supply chain ripple effects
April 15, 2011
MIT researchers assess how the crisis has affected the flow of goods to and from the island nation.
CANES symposium on 'Nuclear Energy in 2050'
April 5, 2011
Considering nuclear power research and development in the upcoming decades.
iRobot to the rescue
March 28, 2011
CSAIL spinoff sends robotic aid to Japan
Explained: rad, rem, sieverts, becquerels
March 28, 2011
A guide to terminology about radiation exposure
Seeing through the cracks
March 23, 2011
In the wake of Japan’s largest earthquake, MIT scientists look for geological clues to explain its devastating magnitude
Also labeled: Earthquakes, Geology
The nuclear crisis and Japan’s government
March 17, 2011
At MIT forum, experts analyze the country's response to the crisis, and give first-hand account of what it was like in Tokyo as the earthquake hit.
What we know, and don't know, about Japan's reactors
March 16, 2011
Panel of MIT nuclear engineers aims for clarity about the state of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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