High-performance computing programming with ease
Alan Edelman leads the global, open-source collaboration developing "Julia," a powerful but flexible programming language for high performance computing.
Department
Mathematics
Michael Sipser named dean of the School of Science
Sipser has served as interim dean since Marc Kastner’s departure.
Minimal surfaces, maximal impact
MIT mathematician William Minicozzi unleashes ‘a wave of new results’ in geometric analysis.
Like father, like son
Mathematician Larry Guth follows his physicist father, Alan, to a post on the MIT faculty.
Sperm cells are extremely efficient at swimming against a current
Study may explain how sperm travel long distances, through difficult terrain, to reach an egg.
Seven faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Among 204 elected this year to the prestigious honorary society.
MIT students dominate Putnam Mathematical Competition, winning team event
Four of five top individual finishers, known as “Putnam Fellows,” also hail from MIT.
In the cloud: How coughs and sneezes float farther than you think
Novel study uncovers the way coughs and sneezes stay airborne for long distances.
How electrodes charge and discharge
New MIT analysis probes charge transfer in porous battery electrodes for the first time.
How to beat others to the mathematical punch
New MITx MOOC brings the street fighting approach to solving math problems.