Teaching machines to predict the future
Deep-learning vision system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab anticipates human interactions using videos of TV shows.
Analog computing returns
New analog compiler could help enable simulation of whole organs and even organisms.
Featured video: Making makers at MIT
In celebration of the White House's Week of Making, a look at the vibrant makerspace ecosystem around the Institute.
Parallel programming made easy
New chip design makes parallel programs run many times faster and requires one-tenth the code.
Feng Zhang named 2016 Tang Prize laureate
Broad Institute/MIT scientist among three honored for CRISPR contributions.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offering new minors, subjects this fall
CEE creates three new undergraduate minors, adds new subjects to extend choice and opportunity.
Eight from MIT awarded 2016 Fulbright grants
Grantees will spend the 2016-2017 academic year conducting research abroad.
Eye-tracking system uses ordinary cellphone camera
Crowd-sourced data yields system that determines where mobile-device users are looking.
Air quality sensors track pollution
Research from MIT's Tata Center for Technology and Design is helping to quantify emissions in the world’s most polluted cities.
Portuguese entrepreneurs participate in MIT's International Workshop on Innovating
Graduate students and entrepreneurs will be immersed in a residential, hands-on program designed for participants from Europe and from MIT.
Department of Mechanical Engineering wins New England Emmy Award for “Hope Regenerated”
Emmy-winning video chronicles Professor Ioannis Yannas’ discovery of organ regeneration in the 1970s.
New solar absorber could improve efficiency of solar thermal technology
Masdar Institute-MIT team develops device that harnesses more sunlight, enhancing efficiency of heat production.
First annual MIT Teaching with Digital Technology Awards presented
Awards honor faculty and instructors who have effectively leveraged digital technology to improve teaching and learning at MIT.
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Energy storage for renewables can be a good investment today, study finds
Systems that bank energy can add value to solar and wind projects.
New approach to microlasers
Technique for “phase locking” arrays of tiny lasers could lead to terahertz security scanners.