Learning science through gaming
An MIT-produced interactive game, 'Vanished,' now being played by thousands online, offers a novel experiment in alternative science education.
Technology Review to manage MIT's Enterprise Forum
A letter to the community regarding the transition, effective July 1.
Flying like the birds
Multidisciplinary university research initiative, led by a CSAIL researcher, is developing a bird-sized UAV.
Dow announces multiyear collaboration with MIT for innovative educational outreach
Five-year, $2 million commitment will help develop and support careers of underrepresented minorities and women.
Harvard and MIT libraries explore far-reaching alliance
New agreement reflects physical proximity, cross-registration, joint programs and research affinities.
How liquids behave
Researchers identify a fundamental property of how water and other liquids move at different temperatures.
MIT Efficiency Forward exceeds electricity reduction goal
All-day forum at MIT promotes regional energy-efficiency objectives
The power of ‘convergence’
In white paper, MIT scientists discuss potential for revolutionary advances in biomedicine and other fields.
The surprising physics of cats’ drinking
A new study reveals that even the way cats lap up liquid displays the perfect balance for which they’re known.
Putting heads together
New study: groups demonstrate distinctive ‘collective intelligence’ when facing difficult tasks
MIT OpenCourseWare teams up with OpenStudy to help OCW users connect
Thousands of OCW visitors interact on pilot OCW OpenStudy groups; program expanded.
MIT’s Koch Institute in strategic partnership with Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Organizations will collaborate in multiple areas of oncology research and technology development.
