An American in Paris
Doctoral student Elizabeth Dekeyser studies Muslim communities' sense of solidarity with the French state.
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Engineering a brighter future
Optimizing the design of electricity markets could make it easier to integrate renewable energy sources into the power grid.
Bringing design thinking into nuclear science and engineering
Nuclear Systems Design class immerses students in the design and communications skills needed to produce innovations.
STEX25 strengthens collaboration between startups and industry
MIT Startup Exchange accelerator puts focus on establishing profitable business connections.
Texas’ odds of Harvey-scale rainfall to increase by end of century
Study finds state’s annual risk of extreme rainfall will rise from 1 to 18 percent.
Why some Muslim clerics become jihadists
In his new book, political scientist Richard Nielsen proposes a “blocked ambition” hypothesis.
Jesse Thaler: Seeking the fundamental nature of matter
Theorist explores particle physics at the boundary of “messy and elegant.”
Interdisciplinary materials science a key to progress
Bringing together researchers from different science and engineering fields for Materials Day Symposium promises solutions to energy, health, and other needs.
Why we should welcome warnings
At MIT event, experts call for a new approach to worst-case scenarios.
Faster big-data analysis
System for performing “tensor algebra” offers 100-fold speedups over previous software packages.
Mens et Manus America examines election integrity
Political scientists Charles Stewart III and Eitan D. Hersh offer insights on data, technology, and election security in an era of rising concern.
Crowdsourcing big-data analysis
Web-based system automatically evaluates proposals from far-flung data scientists.
Mapping gender diversity at MIT
Data visualization map explores two decades of enrollment trends among female students at the Institute.
Noelle Selin: Tracing toxins around the world
Atmospheric chemist takes on pollutants and the global treaties written to control them.
The Better World Tour comes home to Boston
Alumni and friends gather at the Boch Center Wang Theatre to celebrate the vibrant MIT community and the Institute's ambitious dreams for a better world.