Object recognition for free
System designed to label visual scenes according to type turns out to detect particular objects, too.
Sustainability of the built environment
Professor Oral Buyukozturk has catalyzed multidisciplinary ventures to advance sustainable designs for infrastructure in Kuwait and elsewhere.
MIT engineers hand “cognitive” control to underwater robots
With MIT-developed algorithms, robots plan underwater missions autonomously.
Researchers unravel secrets of hidden waves
Region of world’s strongest “internal waves” is analyzed in detail; work could help refine climate models.
MITEI releases report on the future of solar energy
Report highlights enormous potential and discusses pathways toward affordable solar energy.
Book launch: "System Architecture: Strategy and Product Development for Complex Systems"
New book from MIT faculty and alumni provides a summary of the field of system architecture.
Twelve Summer Scholars selected
Highly qualified group of undergraduates brings prior lab experience, variety of interests, to pursue research opportunities in MIT labs.
Start6 students expand innovation horizons while making connections in Silicon Valley
San Francisco and Silicon Valley startups, MIT alumni, and venture capitalists complement and enhance the Start6 learning experience.
Student chips in with new technique for cutting silicon wafers
Leaders for Global Operation internship project earns award, could save millions for company.
“Fingerprinting” chips to fight counterfeiting
MIT spinout uses random variations in silicon chips as authentication identifiers for consumer products.
Inspiring a new generation of women in nuclear science and engineering
2015 Rising Stars in Nuclear Science and Engineering Symposium highlights outstanding new work and celebrates women in the field.
New program aims to commercialize innovations in food and water
“J-WAFS Solutions” will provide seed funding for promising new approaches to water, food supply.
How some beetles produce a scalding defensive spray
New analysis shows how bombardier beetles produce an explosive defensive chemical jet.