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A new algorithm, called the Fast Loaded Dice Roller (FLDR), simulates the roll of dice to produce random integers. The dice, in this case, could have any number of sides, and they are “loaded,” or weighted, to make some sides more likely to come up than others.

Algorithm quickly simulates a roll of loaded dice

Approach for generating numbers at random may help analyses of complex systems, from Earth’s climate to financial markets.

May 28, 2020

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed and spoke at Virtual Solve at MIT.

Solve at MIT builds partnerships to tackle complex challenges during Covid-19 crisis

Event convened attendees from around the world to discuss impacts of the pandemic and advance solutions to pressing global problems.

May 27, 2020

Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades, according to research from MIT professor Andrew Lo, shown speaking at the 2018 launch of the MIT Quest for Intelligence.

How often do vaccine trials hit paydirt?

Study: Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades.

May 27, 2020

Researchseminars.org serves as a sort of crowdsourced Ticketmaster for science talks. Instead of featuring upcoming shows and concerts, the new site lists more than 1,000 free, upcoming seminars hosted online by more than 115 institutions around the world.

A Ticketmaster for science seminars

Despite physical isolation, MIT mathematicians build one-stop portal to online talks around the world.

May 26, 2020

Microsoft President Brad Smith’s conversation with MIT Professor Daniela Rus on May 14 spanned a wide range of topics, from the challenges of Covid-19 to the security of online voting. The event was held as part of MIT’s “Hot Topics in Computing” series.

Microsoft President Brad Smith talks data, Covid-19, and a potential “digital 9/11”

Smith spoke with CSAIL Director Daniela Rus as part of a special series co-presented by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

May 21, 2020

Clockwise from upper left: Angela Belcher, Bruce Walker, Jianzhu Chen, Feng Zhang, Siqi Zheng, and Lee Gehrke

Six from MIT awarded research funding to address Covid-19

Multi-institutional MassCPR initiative announces more than $16.5 million to support 62 Boston-area projects.

May 19, 2020

Left to right: MIT professors Lily Tsai, Paola Capellaro, and Warren Seering are “Committed to Caring."

Achieving advisory equilibrium

Professors Paola Cappellaro, Warren Seering, and Lily Tsai honored as “Committed to Caring.”

May 15, 2020

“With all of us stuck at home or in remote locations, I’m not sure that anyone is feeling particularly inspired right now, but this pandemic will eventually end, and sometimes getting lost in the intricacies of Maxwell’s equations gives a nice break from what is going on in the world,” says theoretical physicist William Detmold.

Exploring the quantum field, from the sun’s core to the Big Bang

Theoretical physicist William Detmold unlocks the mysteries of quarks, gluons, and their “strong interactions” at the subatomic level.

May 13, 2020

MIT Senior Research Scientist Jagadeesh Moodera and his group use a molecular beam epitaxy system to precisely control the fabrication of ultrathin quantum material combination layer structures. Studying the interfaces between such materials could lead to novel interface phenomena and new energy-efficient quantum devices.

Exploring new paths to future quantum electronics

Jagadeesh Moodera and colleagues to investigate interface-driven phenomena in quantum materials in the quest for energy-efficient quantum electronics.

May 11, 2020

“There aren’t many ways to escape the apparent choice between protecting public health and protecting the economy,” says MIT economist Pierre Azoulay. “There is only one, and that’s innovation.”

An innovation plan to beat Covid-19

MIT economist Pierre Azoulay outlines a roadmap for scientific success against the virus.

May 8, 2020

MIT’s virtual town hall on May 5 featured 20 MIT administrators and faculty.

MIT’s second virtual town hall addresses the months ahead

Decisions on when to return to campus await more information but may involve a phased process and continued precautions.

May 7, 2020

To ensure the best coverage of our solar system, MIT Assistant Professor Richard Linares envisions a constellation of "statites" that communicate and work together, only activating the statite in the optimum position to fly by or rendezvous with an interstellar object successfully. Other statites in the constellation can continue to wait for the next ISO to appear.

To catch an interstellar visitor, use a solar-powered space slingshot

MIT research proposal for rendezvous missions with interstellar objects selected for NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program.

May 6, 2020

A new study co-authored by an MIT professor shows firms that move quickly to use robots tend to add workers to their payroll, while industry job losses are more concentrated in firms that make this change more slowly.

Robots help some firms, even while workers across industries struggle

Study finds manufacturing companies that are quick to automate can thrive, but overall employment drops.

May 5, 2020

The TILT team pitches at the IDEAS Generator dinner in fall 2019.

MIT IDEAS celebrates social innovation at the Institute

Seven teams of MIT social innovators receive funding to continue their ventures.

May 1, 2020

Fluids that heat or cool surfaces make a transition from a smooth flow to a mixing, turbulent flow. A new MIT analysis shows the importance of the transition region to heat flow and temperature control.

Understanding how fluids heat or cool surfaces

Textbook formulas for describing heat flow characteristics, crucial in many industries, are oversimplified, study shows.

April 28, 2020

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