MITEI announces new leadership team
Changes come after Ernest Moniz leaves to lead U.S. Department of Energy
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Artificial-intelligence research revives its old ambitions
A new interdisciplinary research center at MIT, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims at nothing less than unraveling the mystery of intelligence.
Targeting product design for the developing world
The key, MIT study finds, is designing products that make money for the microentrepreneur.
How anti-poverty programs go viral
Study: Getting the well-connected to spread the word helps more people learn about microfinance programs in rural India.
New way to target an old foe: malaria
Engineered liver tissue developed at MIT could help scientists test new drugs and vaccines.
Newly discovered flux in the Earth may solve missing-mantle mystery
Research points to large reservoirs of material deep in the mantle that may help to explain Earth’s origins.
Pruning the power grid
New algorithm quickly identifies the most dangerous risks in a power grid amid millions or billions of possible failures.
Shankar Raman wins Levitan Prize in the Humanities
The $25,000 award supports innovative scholarship
Data from edX’s first course offer preliminary insights into online learning
Researchers analyze page views, clickstreams and discussion threads for clues to how students learn online.
Longtime biology professor Annamaria Torriani-Gorini dies at 94
Microbiologist and lifelong social activist worked at MIT from 1960 to 1989.