Unnatural selection
In a new book, “Risky Business,” Amy Finkelstein examines the core issue of the insurance industry: Who gets to be a customer?
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3 Questions: What to expect from respiratory illnesses, including Covid-19, this winter
MIT Medical Director Cecilia Stuopis says that while this is a time to be more vigilant, people should not panic.
3 Questions: Why cybersecurity is on the agenda for corporate boards of directors
In the fight against escalating cybercrime, boards need to deepen their cybersecurity competencies, explains Keri Pearlson, executive director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan.
Advancing the energy transition amidst global crises
MIT Energy Initiative Annual Research Conference highlights both opportunities and obstacles in the race to a net-zero future.
Developing community around design
MIT Morningside Academy for Design’s inaugural fellows chart a new course.
Bringing it all back home
In MIT visit, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf PhD ’81 offers a road map for creating more manufacturing jobs in the U.S.
Exploring how new technologies are changing finance
MIT students team up with Hong Kong students and companies to explore emerging opportunities in fintech.
Understanding reality through algorithms
Neuroscience PhD student Fernanda De La Torre uses complex algorithms to investigate philosophical questions about perception and reality.
The economics of missed opportunities
Danielle Li takes a close look at scientific practices and organizational decisions — and provides data about improving them.
Envisioning new financing models to mitigate the crisis in long-term care
Mel King Community Fellows from MIT's Community Innovators Lab meet in Berlin to examine the German elder care model.
Helping older adults stay safe and independent
MIT alumni-founded WalkWise uses a motion-detecting device for walkers to allow family members and care professionals to monitor adults with mobility challenges.
Measuring the “woodwork effect” in medical insurance
Study: When adults gain access to Medicaid, they sign up their previously unenrolled kids, too — yet many more remain outside the system.
A global resource for better transportation systems
The MIT Mobility Initiative welcomes five inaugural industry members to advance safe, clean, and inclusive mobility.
A technique to improve both fairness and accuracy in artificial intelligence
Methods that make a machine-learning model’s predictions more accurate overall can reduce accuracy for underrepresented subgroups. A new approach can help.
Review: IT in health care has produced modest changes — so far
Large study of existing research shows incremental improvement in patient outcomes and productivity, without big employment changes.