The nuclear crisis and Japan’s government
At MIT forum, experts analyze the country's response to the crisis, and give first-hand account of what it was like in Tokyo as the earthquake hit.
Improv game puts the role-playing back in RPG
“Improviso” develops AI research by asking players to take on actual roles.
Researchers say ocean currents cause microbes to filter light
The same phenomenon occurs in the ocean, in a flask and in the art of Paul Matisse.
What we know, and don't know, about Japan's reactors
Panel of MIT nuclear engineers aims for clarity about the state of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The big picture on energy loss
MIT system, tested in Cambridge, gives comprehensive view of energy inefficiency across large areas.
Engineering, management programs excel in graduate rankings
MIT leads the way in several disciplines in U.S. News and World Report's annual list
Oscillating gels could find many uses
MIT researchers analyze behavior of materials that change by themselves; could lead to practical applications.
From family farm to MIT
Deere & Company product engineer heads to MIT to learn about systems engineering, systems thinking
Explained: Ad hoc networks
Decentralized wireless networks could have applications in distributed sensing and robotics and maybe even personal communications.
Committee says DOD should pay some of the costs of transportation infrastructure near U.S. military bases
Professor Joseph Sussman chaired committee that also required funding for public transportation
Student inventor Alice Chen receives Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
$30,000 prizes awarded to inventive students nationwide; four leading universities celebrate 2011 winners
The birth of electrical engineering
The creation of the first electrical-engineering curriculum may have said as much about MIT’s educational philosophy as it did about the pace of innovation.
Four professors named MacVicar fellows
Sanyal, Schuh, Verghese and Winston honored for undergraduate teaching excellence