Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at once Model learns to pick out objects within an image, using spoken descriptions. September 18, 2018 Read full story →
J-WAFS awards grants for commercialization of food and water technologies Solutions grants will aid commercialization of novel MIT technologies to test water safety and improve agricultural productivity. September 11, 2018 Read full story →
MIT Open Access Task Force releases white paper Paper provides an overview of efforts to make research and scholarship more freely and openly available. September 7, 2018 Read full story →
Students welcomed back to renovated New House as semester begins Redesigned building connects living groups with improved accessibility. September 3, 2018 Read full story →
Shih-Ying Lee, longtime mechanical engineering professor, inventor, and entrepreneur, dies at 100 Retired MIT professor specialized in measurement and instrumentation, held 20 patents, and launched two companies. August 30, 2018 Read full story →
MIT team digitizes historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu What if we could immerse ourselves in this UNESCO World Heritage Site through virtual reality or use augmented reality to interact with its 3-D site map? August 28, 2018 Read full story →
Noelle Selin named director of the MIT Technology and Policy Program Selin will spearhead the master's program for students whose research addresses societal challenges at the intersection of technology and policy. August 24, 2018 Read full story →
Pushing the plasma density limit Plasma Science and Fusion Center researchers discover a path to overcoming the plasma density limit in their quest for steady-state fusion. August 23, 2018 Read full story →
Advancing undersea optical communications Lincoln Laboratory researchers are applying narrow-beam laser technology to enable communications between underwater vehicles. August 17, 2018 Read full story →
Elections management in the U.S. is improving An updated Elections Performance Index from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab evaluates the 2016 election. August 15, 2018 Read full story →
A transformative summer for student engineers High school students explored engineering and technology at the Beaver Works Summer Institute, ending with robot races and demonstrations. August 13, 2018 Read full story →
Artificial intelligence model “learns” from patient data to make cancer treatment less toxic Machine-learning system determines the fewest, smallest doses that could still shrink brain tumors. August 9, 2018 Read full story →
Krithika Ramchander and Andrea Beck awarded J-WAFS fellowships for water solutions Graduate students receive J-WAFS fellowships to support research focused on improving water access for rural as well as urban communities. August 9, 2018 Read full story →
Holding law-enforcement accountable for electronic surveillance CSAIL system encourages government transparency using cryptography on a public log of wiretap requests. August 8, 2018 Read full story →
Encouraging the next generation of fusion innovators The Samuel W. Ing Memorial Fund will support MIT graduate students as they create a more advanced and less costly path to fusion energy solutions. August 6, 2018 Read full story →