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The TechCon conference, hosted by MIT and USAID's Higher Education Solutions Network from Nov. 10 - 12, convened researchers and innovators to collaborate on solving global issues.

At TechCon, science-based solutions for world issues

Innovators and researchers tackle global issues through actionable research and collaboration.

November 15, 2016

MIT researchers have developed a way to isolate genetic circuits within individual synthetic “cells,” preventing the circuits from disrupting each other.

Researchers create synthetic cells to isolate genetic circuits

Encapsulating molecular components in artificial membranes offers more flexibility in designing circuits.

November 14, 2016

Research from Senseable City Lab’s HubCab project on the potential for taxi sharing shows how more than 150 million taxi trips connect the city of New York in a given year. Yellow represents taxi pickups, while blue indicates drop-offs.

A future of shared mobility

MIT and Uber team up to study the potential for shared rides and vehicles to reshape urban mobility.

November 8, 2016

Zixiao Yin is a 2016-2017 Samuel Tak Lee Graduate Fellow and student in urban studies and planning.

Tackling Chinese urban development

Samuel Tak Lee Graduate Fellow Zixiao Yin plans to serve communities back home in Inner Mongolia.

November 4, 2016

Real estate innovation by the numbers

Real Estate Innovation Lab to promote the future of urban development by showing investors how it can work.

November 3, 2016

A newly developed wing architecture could greatly simplify the manufacturing process and reduce fuel consumption by improving the wing’s aerodynamics. It is based on a system of tiny, lightweight subunits that could be assembled by a team of small specialized robots, and could ultimately be used to build the entire airframe.

A new twist on airplane wing design

“Morphing” wing could enable more efficient plane manufacturing and flight.

November 3, 2016

The Media Lab has never looked spookier . . .

Scene at MIT: A nightmare on Ames Street

October 31, 2016

First row: (l-r) Azra Akšamija, Phillip Clay, Dennis Frenchman, Skylar Tibbits. Second row: (l-r) James Wescoat, Sheila Kennedy, Alan Berger, Kristel Smentek. Third row: (l-r) Brandon Clifford, Brent Ryan, Kevin Esvelt.

New faculty, promotions, and leadership roles in the School of Architecture and Planning

Four join the SA+P faculty, while seven are recognized for work in art, architecture, and urbanism.

October 28, 2016

Why have solar energy costs fallen?

MIT team awarded U.S. Department of Energy grant to investigate cost reductions in solar energy systems.

October 26, 2016

The Creative Community building, a new 100,000-square-foot facility, will be home to the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI) when it opens its door in 2019. Faculty from MIT's School of Architecture and Planning are helping to develop the DIDI curriculum.

MIT to help Dubai launch a new undergraduate institution focused on design

School of Architecture and Planning will develop curriculum, courses for Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation.

October 24, 2016

Researchers used sample images, like the ones on the top row, to identify several visual features that are highly correlated with judgments that a particular area is safe or unsafe. The left side shows a low level of safety while the right shows a high level. Highlighted areas on the middle row show “unsafe” areas while the bottom row shows “safe” areas in the image.

Quantifying urban revitalization

Combining cellphone data with perceptions of public spaces could help guide urban planning.

October 24, 2016

Professors Leon Glicksman (left) and John Lienhard recently published "Modeling and Approximation in Heat Transfer," following a nearly 20-year collaboration.

3Q: Leon Glicksman and John Lienhard on how to teach the unteachable

MIT professors take on problem formulation in thermal science: It can be taught, and their new book describes how.

October 21, 2016

The team behind DesignX, a new design entrepreneurship accelerator from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning: (left to right) Gilad Rosenzweig, executive director for DesignX; Dennis Frenchman, the Class of 1922 Professor of Urban Design and Planning and faculty director of the program; Andrea Chegut, research scientist in the MIT Center for Real Estate and director of the MIT Real Estate I...

Entrepreneurship by design

New DesignX accelerator speeds innovation at the School of Architecture and Planning.

October 17, 2016

Professor Emeritus Whitman Richards dies at 84

Longtime professor and beloved advisor was known for advances in experimental and theoretical studies of vision, perception, and cognition.

October 17, 2016

MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito (left), WIRED Editor-in-Chief Scott Dadich (center), and U.S. President Barack Obama confer in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

President Obama discusses artificial intelligence with Media Lab Director Joi Ito

One-on-one conversation in WIRED focuses on advancements in artificial intelligence and how society should respond to related concerns.

October 14, 2016

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