Top MIT research stories of 2019
With a new year just begun, we take a moment to look back at the most popular articles of 2019 reflecting innovations, breakthroughs, and new insights from the MIT community. The following 10 research-related stories published in the previous 12 months received top views on MIT News. A selection of additional top news that you might have missed follows. 10. We’ve seen a black hole. An international team of astronomers, including scientists from MIT’s Haystack Observatory, announced the first direct images of a black hole in April. They accomplished this remarkable feat by coordinating the power of eight major radio observatories on four continents, to work together as a virtual, Earth-sized telescope. 9. The kilo is dead. Long live the kilo! On World Metrology Day, MIT Professor Wolfgang Ketterle delivered a talk on scientists’ new definition of the kilogram and the techniques for its measurement. As of May 20, a kilo is now defined by fixing the...