MIT students win first round of SpaceX Hyperloop contest
Design tops more than 100 entries at an international high-speed transportation competition inspired by Elon Musk and sponsored by SpaceX.
Curing disease by repairing faulty genes
New delivery method boosts efficiency of CRISPR genome-editing system.
Learning to solve
Hallmark program “SuperUROP” lets undergrad engineers dive into a year-long research experience.
Recognizing correct code
Automatic bug-repair system fixes 10 times as many errors as its predecessors.
A jumpstart for entrepreneurs
Intensive course helps students navigate early challenges in starting a company.
Computer science and engineering major helps people while having fun
Senior Sami Alsheikh helps others, solves problems, and has fun doing both.
Edward Boyden wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Three neuroscientists share biomedicine prize for development of optogenetics
Georgia Perakis: On the road to better energy data
MIT professor uses operations research and optimization modeling to investigate topics from traffic flows to subsidies for green energy technologies.
Mapping regulatory elements
Systematically searching DNA for regulatory elements indicates limits of previous thinking.
Christine Ortiz to step down as dean for graduate education
Six-year tenure was defined by collaboration across schools, departments, and offices.
New chip fabrication approach
Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers.
Getting real — on Mars
Sydney Do, a PhD student in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is adding authenticity to a virtual Mars experience.
Marvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88
Professor emeritus was a co-founder of CSAIL and a founding member of the Media Lab.
Acoustic tweezers manipulate cells with sound waves
Technique could enable 3-D printing of cellular structures for tissue engineering.
