To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars
For a piloted mission to Mars, fueling up on the moon could streamline cargo by 68 percent.
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS)
Fall 2015 IDSS Distinguished Seminar Series launches
Harvard University Professor Sendhil Mullainathan to present first talk of the semester on Sep. 15
Better estimates of worldwide mercury pollution
New findings show Asia produces twice as much mercury emissions as previously thought.
MIT awarded Dept. of Energy grant to create and deploy energy-saving travel information and incentives system
$4 million grant will determine whether travel choices can be influenced by data and rewards to save energy.
MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society launches
IDSS will address challenges and opportunities in complex systems.
Woman in technology
A high-school outreach program first brought Tamara Broderick to MIT in 2002. Now she's back, as an assistant professor in EECS.