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In overlooked spots on the map, MIT Professor Kate Brown examines the turbulence of the modern world.
New strategy for encapsulating nutrients makes it easier to fortify foods with iron and vitamin A.
Longstanding supporter of the Institute allows for flexibility in determining how funds will be used.
Chancellor Barnhart and working groups describe findings and recommendations for combating sexual misconduct at MIT.
CNN’s Bronte Lord spotlights the robotic mini cheetahs developed by Prof. Sangbae Kim’s research group that can run untethered, perform backflips and kick a soccer ball. Kim explains that his ultimate goal is to "achieve the same level of mobility as animals... as good as a dog following you around."
With a focus on driver and passenger safety, startup Max NG provides delivery and transportation services in West Africa.
Techniques for observing concrete as it sets could facilitate the development of new cements.
In new book, Nobel laureates Banerjee and Duflo examine what we know about the global economy and how to improve it.
Physics experiment with ultrafast laser pulses produces a previously unseen phase of matter.
Its extendable appendage can meander through tight spaces and then lift heavy loads.Video Embedded
In a new anthropology and studio art course, MIT students investigate the human dimensions of interacting with technologies.
New research by graduate student David Robinson finds that evictions are occurring at much higher rates in low-income, majority nonwhite neighborhood in Boston, reports Simón Rios for WBUR. In Roxbury,” one in 10 private market units had an eviction filing over three years,” explains Robinson. “That's a difference of 10 orders of magnitude between Roxbury and Beacon Hill.”
Graduate student Elizabeth Wallace speaks with National Geographic reporter Robin George Andrews about her work investigating sediment found in blue holes in the Caribbean for clues as to the history of hurricanes in the Bahamas over the past 1,500 years.
Graduate student Joy Buolamwini has been named to the Financial Times’ list of change-makers, which highlights “30 of the planet’s most exciting young people.” Financial Times reporter India Ross notes that Buolamwini, “identified gender and racial biases in artificial intelligence, and her efforts have prompted technology companies such as IBM to upgrade their software accordingly.”
Prof. Dennis Whyte, director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT, writes for The Washington Post that the U.S. has the opportunity to help lead the development of fusion energy technologies. “Strategic, innovation-aligned U.S. investment would help ensure that this country becomes the home of a world-changing — and potentially world-saving — technology,” Whyte.
MIT researchers have developed a robot with an extendible appendage that grows like a plant, reports Darrell Etherington for TechCrunch. The robot can “extend itself to reach up to a previously unreachable height, or through a gap to a hard-to-get-at area."
Prof. Larry Susskind speaks with WGBH’s Arun Rath about how public agencies can prepare for ransomware attacks. “When Microsoft sends your city agency a patch on your operating system, you should install it,” says Susskind, “because not installing it means that one place of vulnerability is known by all the hackers everywhere.”
Financial Times reporter Charlotte Middlehurst spotlights how a team of engineers, including researchers from MIT, have found “AI can be used to measure the useful lifetime of lithium-ion battery-powered devices.” Middlehurst explains that this could “spur improved battery design and reduce production costs.”
