Kerry Emanuel: This year’s hurricanes are a taste of the future Climate scientist describes physics behind expected increase in storm strength due to climate change. September 21, 2017 Read full story →
Identifying optimal product prices New research describes a price-optimization method to increase online retailers’ revenue, market share, and profit. September 18, 2017 Read full story →
President Reif to Class of 2021: “We are very lucky to have you!” “MIT is a magnificent machine for inventing the future,” Reif tells incoming freshmen. August 28, 2017 Read full story →
Case study suggests new approach to urban water supply One drought remedy: Keep infrastructure fast, cheap, and under control. August 14, 2017 Read full story →
Hospitals that spend more on emergency care yield better outcomes Study: Investing more in inpatient care relative to longer-term nursing facilities reduces mortality rates. July 9, 2017 Read full story →
Lucas Mason-Brown named 2017 Echoing Green Fellow MIT graduate student in mathematics honored for using equations to boost racial equality. July 6, 2017 Read full story →
MIT Corporation elects 10 term members, four life members Term members will each serve two or five years on MIT’s board of trustees. June 8, 2017 Read full story →
An ear for political language Doctoral student Tom O’Grady maps the rise of anti-welfare rhetoric in decades of speeches in the UK Parliament. May 8, 2017 Read full story →
Testing their patients Medicaid patients wait longer to see doctors, study finds. May 1, 2017 Read full story →
MIT NEWDIGS hosts design lab on new gene and oncology therapy financing models Industry leaders, patient advocates, and policymakers collaborate to lower barriers to potentially curative treatments. April 25, 2017 Read full story →
Rahm Emanuel: The city is where the action is In talk at MIT, Chicago mayor argues that major cities can lead on policy progress. April 18, 2017 Read full story →
3Q: J. Phillip Thompson on revitalizing Central Brooklyn Advisor to $1.4 billion state plan sees health care as foundation for “Vital Brooklyn.” March 30, 2017 Read full story →
Climate change to worsen drought, diminish corn yields in Africa Over the next century, southern Africa will see widespread decreases in maize production. March 16, 2017 Read full story →
The next-generation water cooler Smart flavored-beverage machines are persuading consumers nationwide to ditch their plastic bottles. March 8, 2017 Read full story →
Measuring “diagnostic intensity” New study maps U.S. regions where patients appear more ill than they are February 15, 2017 Read full story →