Report outlines route toward better jobs, wider prosperity
MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future identifies ways to align new technologies with durable careers.
MIT Center for Real Estate announces new leadership team
Siqi Zheng and Kairos Shen to emphasize innovative research and interdisciplinary connections for global impact.
A storyteller dedicated to environmental justice
Exploring her identity through writing has clarified senior Mimi Wahid’s desire to serve rural Southern communities like her hometown.
Julian Beinart: A life of carefully chosen words
Professor emeritus of architecture trained generations of urban planners, designers, and policymakers at MIT.
An underwater navigation system powered by sound
New approach could spark an era of battery-free ocean exploration, with applications ranging from marine conservation to aquaculture.
Truncated immune system receptors may regulate cellular activity
Unexpected findings in chemokine receptors once believed to be non-functional open up new fields of scientific inquiry.
Leveraging a 3D printer “defect” to create a new quasi-textile
Tulle-like DefeXtiles can be 3D printed with no custom software or hardware.
Autonomous boats could be your next ride
Five years in the making, MIT’s autonomous floating vessels get a size upgrade and learn a new way to communicate aboard the waters.
Universities should lead the way on climate action, MIT panelists say
An online symposium explores roles for research universities and outlines the Institute’s efforts to be a testbed for research and policy innovations.
A wearable sensor to help ALS patients communicate
Researchers have designed a skin-like device that can measure small facial movements in patients who have lost the ability to speak.
Bringing construction projects to the digital world
The startup OpenSpace is using 360-degree cameras and computer vision to create comprehensive digital replicas of construction sites.
Designing off-grid refrigeration technologies for crop storage in Kenya
A team of MIT researchers is using the thermodynamic properties of water evaporation to bring off-grid cold storage of produce to remote, arid regions.
3 Questions: The price of privacy in ride-sharing app performance
JTL Urban Mobility Lab researchers examine the effects of protecting user data privacy on the efficiency and service quality of ride-sharing applications.
Comparing the benefits of scooter-sharing vs. bike-sharing
Studying usage in Singapore, MIT and SMART researchers find scooter rentals allow for increased sharing frequency and fewer vehicles needed.
MIT chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society inducts 115 students from the Class of 2020
Remarkably large cohort of graduating seniors honored for excellence in the liberal arts.