New MIT report details benefits of investment in basic research
Authors highlight 15 research opportunities that could help boost the U.S. economy, benefit society.
Discovery science is reinventing the world
How discovery science is reinventing the worldMIT innovators take a close look at how basic science research leads to applications, new companies, jobs, and economic growth.
MIT launches three new cybersecurity initiatives
Complementary programs will address cybersecurity from the perspectives of technology, public policy, and organizational management.
Explaining what voters try to hide
New paper shows how “conjoint analysis” can tackle hard political issues.
Lily Tsai receives the 2015 Levitan Prize
Founder of MIT Governance Lab researches new forms of civic engagement and creates immersive opportunities for MIT students around the world.
Interdisciplinary medicine
Senior Yiping Xing’s view of health care draws upon research, public health, and policy.
3 Questions: Pierre Azoulay on the value of funding the NIH
New study shows publicly funded research spurs private drug development.
Innovation in transportation
U.S. transportation secretary discusses “infrastructure deficit,” need for long-term innovation and planning.
U.S. CTO Megan Smith will be 2015 Commencement speaker
Noted entrepreneur and engineer will return to MIT on June 5 to address the Class of 2015.
Hacking health care
PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design.
Dresselhaus and Solow win Presidential Medal of Freedom
Two Institute Professors are among 19 new recipients of the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Study aims to shorten Election Day lines
New MIT-led research effort applies the science of lines to the polling place.
Francis Collins: Scientists must engage with the world
In Compton Lecture, NIH director details the importance of reaching out to others.
Will the new industrial city work?
At MIT symposium, promise of advanced manufacturing suggests new ways to reshape urban space.