Ingestible robots, glasses-free 3-D, and computers that explain themselves
A look at 16 of the coolest things that happened at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 2016.
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Carl Schoellhammer wins gold medal at 2016 National Collegiate Inventors Competition
MIT postdoc honored for his work developing a technique to quickly deliver medicine to the gastrointestinal tract.
Terrascope Radio documentary wins national award
MIT students’ personal account of desert farming in New Mexico earns top honors from college broadcasting association.
Two MIT faculty named 2016 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Cima and Merrill recognized for contributions resulting in a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.
Caroline Colbert: Paving a path to medicine
Nuclear science and engineering senior Caroline Colbert has found herself on an unexpected career path in the medical field.
Urban planning research papers receive Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning honors
Awards recognize exemplary student research and writing by master's degree candidates.
Four CSAIL researchers named ACM fellows
Association for Computer Machinery cites Erik Demaine, Fredo Durand, William Freeman, and Daniel Jackson for having "provided key knowledge" to computing.
Evaluating voter experience
Wait times at polls in 2016 election improved in several key states, new survey results show.
Apple CEO Tim Cook to deliver MIT’s 2017 Commencement address
Head of world’s largest publicly traded corporation will address the Class of 2017 on June 9.
Feng Zhang named a runner-up for TIME’s 2016 Person of the Year
MIT and Broad Institute scientist shares recognition with four other scientists for developing CRISPR gene-editing systems.
Face to face with "The Enemy"
Visiting Artist Karim Ben Khelifa creates immersive experiences using virtual and augmented reality to humanize soldiers in global conflicts.
Four MIT students named 2017 Schwarzman Scholars
Alix de Monts, Lisa Ho, Anita Liu, and Melody Liu will study for one year at Tsinghua University in China.
Lincoln Laboratory is honored with the Herschel Award
Infrared digital-pixel focal plane arrays are deemed a groundbreaking technology.
Lincoln Laboratory's supercomputing system ranked most powerful in New England
New Dell EMC petaflop-scale supercomputer has 6 times more processing power and 20 times more bandwidth than its predecessor.