MIT Sandbox’s first acquired startup gives back
Augmented-reality startup Escher Reality, which recently sold to Niantic, gives back to the program that helped it launch.
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Scientists deliver high-resolution glimpse of enzyme structure
New finding suggests differences in how humans and bacteria control production of DNA’s building blocks.
Putting the brain at the center of anesthesiology
Emery N. Brown explains how statistics and neuroscience improve anesthesiology at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting.
MIT alumnus to compete in Winter Olympics
AJ Edelman ’14 will represent Israel in the men's skeleton during the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Getting to the heart of carbon nanotube clusters
MIT researchers create predictable patterns from unpredictable carbon nanotubes.
Work continues toward a more diverse, inclusive MIT
Many of the changes recommended by black students in 2015 have been implemented; departmental discussions are ongoing.
Giving everyone a window into the human body
Startup’s low-cost, portable scanner generates clinical-quality ultrasounds on a smartphone.
3 Questions: Transforming our electric power system
Christopher Knittel and Francis O'Sullivan, co-directors of the MITEI Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research, are exploring cleaner, more reliable, and more cost-effective solutions.
Institute launches the MIT Intelligence Quest
New Institute-wide initiative will advance human and machine intelligence research.
Graduate Student Council launches inclusion initiative
Student representatives called "conduits" are discussing best practices and planning ways to implement diversity and inclusion programs campus-wide.
Coding, thinking, sharing, building
More than 130 MIT juniors and seniors dig deeply into research in the Advanced Undergraduate Research Program (SuperUROP).
New study reveals how brain waves control working memory
Brain rhythms act as a gate for information entering and leaving the mind.
Construction begins on a new student residence on Vassar Street
A next-generation home for MIT undergraduates is underway.
Lifting the veil on "valence," brain study reveals roots of desire and dislike
Researchers map the amygdala's distinct but diverse and dynamic neighborhoods where feelings are assigned.