In The World: Mapping the logistics of megacities
New open-source online maps generated by MIT students provide details of urban supply chains.
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Inflatable antennae could give CubeSats greater reach
Design inflates with a powder that turns into gas.
The science of collaboration
The future of biomedical innovation depends in part on learning from the trend for all players to work together for the common goal, say two MIT researchers.
3-D mapping in real time, without the drift
New technique creates highly detailed, accurate 3-D maps in real time.
Chairman of McEwen Mining to speak at MIT big data conference
Rob McEwen will discuss how big data and the Internet led to a major gold strike, transforming the mining industry.
MIT professor Erik Brynjolfsson to deliver keynote at big data conference
The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation and the Accenture and MIT Alliance in Business Analytics will host the conference at the Cambridge Marriott.
Researchers develop new method for understanding network connections
Technique could be applied to the study of disease, social networks and other diverse fields.
Green computing is super
MIT Lincoln Laboratory's new supercomputing facility reduces energy impacts
Writing programs using ordinary language
Systems that can convert written specifications into working code in a few narrow cases could be generalized to other tasks.
Finding harmony with big data
Technology developed by two MIT alumni entrepreneurs is helping developers create smarter online music-streaming services.
Bigger storms ahead
With global warming, a study finds, tropical cyclones may become more frequent and intense.
Tips for traveling with your mobile phone
Before you depart, think how you’ll want to use your phone and how best to protect it.
On the hunt for neutrinos
Physicist Joseph Formaggio seeks new ways to detect and measure the elusive particles.
Wealth of words
Professor Deb Roy’s technology company, which recently sold to Twitter, analyzes social-media conversations about TV.
Why innovation thrives in cities
Double a city’s population and its economic productivity goes up 130 percent. MIT researchers think they know why.