Synchronized brain waves enable rapid learning
MIT study finds neurons that hum together encode new information.
When good people do bad things
Being in a group makes some people lose touch with their personal moral beliefs, researchers find.
Smarter sensing
PhD student Joseph Azzarelli works on low-cost sensors to monitor the environment and save money.
Inside the adult ADHD brain
Brain scans differentiate adults who have recovered from childhood ADHD and those whose difficulties linger.
MIT graduates urged: “Solve the unsolvable!”
“Many of tomorrow’s problems are going to be solved by you,” DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman tells 2014 grads.
President L. Rafael Reif's charge to the graduates
"Rebuild the engine of society until it delivers the kind of performance we expect from ourselves at MIT," president tells the Class of 2014.
Slideshow: 2014 doctoral hooding ceremony
Advanced degree candidates receive their doctoral hoods in advance of Commencement.
Michael Sipser named dean of the School of Science
Sipser has served as interim dean since Marc Kastner’s departure.
Minimal surfaces, maximal impact
MIT mathematician William Minicozzi unleashes ‘a wave of new results’ in geometric analysis.
Faculty highlight: Jeff Gore
Championing biophysics research: MIT professor Jeff Gore brings together interdisciplinary team, explores population dynamics in yeast and honeybees.