Ray LaHood seeks ideas to curb distracted driving
In MIT visit, U.S. transportation secretary asks students to help with effort to stop national 'epidemic'
Sheila Widnall named to Toyota North American Quality Advisory Panel
Institute Professor will advise Japanese carmaker as it seeks to address quality and safety issues.
3 Questions: Stephen Connors on offshore wind farms
What the federal approval of the Cape Wind project will mean for Massachusetts and the nation
In the World: Clean Water for Ghana
MIT students help a researcher build a factory that could provide water filters for 1 million people in northern Ghana
$3.5 million grant for bus rapid transit awarded to MIT, IST-Lisbon and global partners
Center of Excellence on Bus Rapid Transit is eighth such center funded by the Volvo Research and Education Foundation
3 Questions: Mitchel Resnick
Creator of the popular Scratch programming language discusses Apple’s decision to disallow Scratch viewer for iPhones and iPads.
Computing, Sudoku-style
Computer scientists generally see computation as something like following a recipe. Alexey Radul sees it as more like a puzzle with interconnecting parts.
New phenomenon found in internal waves
MIT team shows that waves inside oceans, air and stars are filtered and reflected by layers.
Mastering multicore
MIT researchers find a way to make complex computer simulations run more efficiently on chips with multiple processors.
Liquid-solid interactions, as never before seen
New technique improves researchers’ ability to measure a key property of material surfaces.
Art Smith, former dean and EECS professor, dies
Electrical engineering professor made meaningful contributions to student life and learning
Faculty approve flexible engineering degree for undergraduates
Approval of AeroAstro program adds a new dimension to engineering education.