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Community members from a rural village outside of Ahmedabad, India, gather to watch videos designed to increase literacy.

Making smarter decisions about classroom technologies

MIT researchers develop a decision-making tool for global classrooms looking to deploy educational technologies.

September 29, 2016

In experiments, the researchers fired a laser beam through a “mask” — a thick sheet of plastic with slits cut through it in a certain configuration, such as the letter A — and then through a 1.5-centimeter “tissue phantom,” a slab of material designed to mimic the optical properties of human tissue for purposes of calibrating imaging systems. Light scattered by the tissue phantom was ...

Toward visible-light-based imaging for medical devices, autonomous vehicles

System accounts for the deflection of light particles passing through animal tissue or fog.

September 29, 2016

Geoffrey Supran PhD ’16 says “there are a lot of myths floating around about hybrid and electric cars,” for example concerning the manufacture of those vehicles, or their reliance on conventional electricity sources. This often leads people to claim that “they’re no better than your average gasoline vehicle. Our study shows that’s just not true.”

Study: Low-emissions vehicles are less expensive overall

Detailed look at 125 U.S. auto models finds those emitting less carbon are the least expensive to drive.

September 27, 2016

The Laboratory for Social Machines, part of the MIT Media Lab, has launched a project called the Electome that charts Twitter in unique detail.

Q&A: How Twitter explains the 2016 election

“Electome” project charts the national conversation in unique detail.

September 26, 2016

From engineer to urban planner

Grad student Billy Ndengeyingoma helps improve affordable-housing design in Africa.

September 25, 2016

DesignIntelligence ranks MIT graduate architecture program among top in nation

MIT architecture jumps to No. 2 spot in annual survey.

September 22, 2016

Clockwise from top left: MIT professors Ed Boyden, Jacquin Niles, Feng Zhang, and Matthew Vander Heiden have been named HHMI Faculty Scholars.

Four MIT professors named inaugural Faculty Scholars

New program from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Simons Foundation, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports early-career scientists.

September 22, 2016

On Monday, Sept. 12, MIT celebrated the reopening of the Samuel Tak Lee Building (Building 9), which underwent extensive renovations this summer to upgrade building systems and to create modern, lively, and functional spaces for the students and faculty who call the building home.

New plan refreshes MIT’s home for planning

Samuel Tak Lee Building filled with light and life after summer renovations.

September 19, 2016

ROBOAT, a new collaboration between researchers from MIT and partner institutions in the Netherlands, seeks to design and deploy a fleet of autonomous boats on the canals of Amsterdam.

An autonomous fleet for Amsterdam

MIT, AMS Institute will collaborate to solve complex urban problems for Amsterdam with the development of autonomous "roboats."

September 19, 2016

“Design is one of many forces that can contribute to improving society. As a physical piece of most people’s lives, it is very important,” says Brent Ryan, an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

Blueprints for renewal

Professor of urban design and public policy Brent Ryan believes good architecture can help revive cities.

September 19, 2016

Lauren-Jenay Kelley (foreground) was among students attending the "No Permission, No Apologies" event at the MIT Media Lab, which addressed diversity, gender bias, and inclusion in STEM.

Media Lab conference addresses gender bias, diversity, and inclusion in STEM

Megan Smith ’86, SM ’88 and other thought leaders offer advice to students on how women in STEM fields can develop skills for navigating life and work.

September 14, 2016

Images from "Architecture at the End of the Earth," an exhibit on Russian architecture and culture at MIT through Jan. 13.

From Russia to MIT

A new collaboration is bringing Russian culture to the Institute.

September 14, 2016

Imaging scientist and social impact inventor Ramesh Raskar of MIT is the 2016 recipient of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

Ramesh Raskar awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

Imaging scientist and inventor sets sights on launching peer-to-peer invention platforms for global impact.

September 13, 2016

A new imaging system can read closed books. “The Metropolitan Museum in New York showed a lot of interest in this, because they want to, for example, look into some antique books that they don’t even want to touch,” says Barmak Heshmat, a research scientist at the MIT Media Lab.

Judging a book through its cover

New computational imaging method identifies letters printed on first nine pages of a stack of paper.

September 9, 2016

QS ranks MIT the world’s top university for 2016-17

Ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 42 disciplines.

September 5, 2016

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New plan refreshes MIT’s home for planning

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