MIT mathematicians receive honors for 2023
MIT faculty, students, and alumni collect prizes at the recent Joint Mathematics Meetings.
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Using robotics to supercharge health care
Vecna Technologies, founded by a pair of MIT alumni, has followed a long and winding path to help people in health care settings.
Learning Beautiful brings MIT’s “mind and hand” ethos to early childhood education
Spun out of a Media Lab project, the startup offers materials that help children explore computer science concepts through hands-on learning.
Startups take root in senior capstone class
Over the years, dozens of student products from Class 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) have inspired startups.
Study: Extreme heat is changing habits of daily life
New research quantifies how much very hot temperatures restrict outdoor activity in China.
Making scientific publishing easier around the world
MIT alumnus-founded PoolText offers a platform for researchers and journal editors to improve the efficiency of submitting and publishing scientific papers.
Manufacturing a cleaner future
Startups founded by mechanical engineers are at the forefront of developing solutions to mitigate the environmental impact of manufacturing.
Evelyn Wang appointed as director of US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
The head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering was nominated by President Biden to lead ARPA-E’s mission to support critical energy research.
Robert Shin receives NDIA Combat Survivability Award for Leadership
Award recognizes Shin’s contributions at Lincoln Laboratory to air vehicle survivability and STEM education in support of national defense.
Making math fun by prepping for friendly competition
In MIT class 18.A34 (Mathematical Problem Solving), students prep for a major collegiate mathematics competition — and learn to love math.
Mark Rober to deliver MIT’s 2023 Commencement address
The popular YouTuber, engineer, and inventor works to engage young people in science and technology while encouraging curiosity and resilience.
Q&A: Pouya Alimagham on the protest movement in Iran
Women and girls are at the forefront of the uprising, which is rooted in Iranians’ long struggle for freedom, notes the MIT historian.
A healthy wind
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.
International team observes innermost structure of quasar jet
New observations show the deepest parts of the quasar's plasma jet in a project led by MIT Haystack Observatory.
In search of the principles of life
Associate Professor Otto Cordero is looking for the fundamental constraints that shape microbial ecosystems.