Scaling commercial energy efficiency Automated energy analytics platform collects data on commercial buildings to improve energy efficiency. November 16, 2015 Read full story →
Streamlining mobile image processing Technique for mobile image processing in the cloud cuts bandwidth use by more than 98 percent. November 13, 2015 Read full story →
Real-time epidemiology from urban wastewater MIT and Kuwait researchers have been awarded $4 million to fund Underworlds, a study of real-time epidemiology using biomarkers in urban sewage. November 2, 2015 Read full story →
New engineering faculty for 2015-2016 The School of Engineering welcomes 18 new faces. October 28, 2015 Read full story →
Automating big-data analysis System that replaces human intuition with algorithms outperforms 615 of 906 human teams. October 16, 2015 Read full story →
Latest experiment at Large Hadron Collider reports first results Scientists precisely count particles produced in a typical proton collision. October 14, 2015 Read full story →
Faculty highlight: Nuh Gedik Associate professor's work on topological insulators and atomically thin materials yields new, laser-driven approaches to materials for electronics. October 9, 2015 Read full story →
New to campus Members of the Class of 2019 possess ample talent and determination. October 2, 2015 Read full story →
Soft robotic hand can pick up and identify a wide array of objects Team from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab develops silicone rubber gripper and advanced object-identification algorithms. September 30, 2015 Read full story →
DUSP, CRE, and STL Lab award $1.5 million in first round of faculty research funding Thirteen grants awarded to MIT faculty and researchers from four different schools. September 22, 2015 Read full story →
Extending super-resolution techniques MIT graduate student Takuma Inoue tackles labeling RNA without genetic modification for doctoral studies. September 18, 2015 Read full story →
DUSP, CRE, and Samuel Tak Lee Lab welcome inaugural class of fellows Graduate students arrive to study socially responsible real estate development and global urbanization. September 17, 2015 Read full story →
Silicon photonics meets the foundry Lionel Kimerling, Rajeev Ram, and other MIT researchers explore practical ways to bring optical interconnection toward and directly onto chips. September 8, 2015 Read full story →
Faculty Highlight: Ibrahim Cissé Assistant professor of physics probes the formation of enzyme clusters that enable gene copying and protein production in living cells. September 3, 2015 Read full story →
“Grey swan” cyclones predicted to be more frequent and intense Study finds some coastal regions may face a risk of unprecedented storm surge in the next century. August 31, 2015 Read full story →