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Michelle K. Lee, undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), speaks at MIT.

Easier access to patent data

In MIT talk, U.S. Patent Office director Michelle Lee announces new initiatives for public data use.

April 1, 2016

“In the 155 years of its existence, this Institute has not only withstood and adapted to, but also become a leader of constant progress and change,” said Armenian President Serzh A. Sargsyan (pictured).

President Serzh A. Sargsyan of Armenia visits MIT

Tour includes meeting with MIT President L. Rafael Reif, visit to Media Lab.

March 30, 2016

“For China, it looks like industrial growth [has the greatest impact on water shortages] as people get wealthier,” Charles Fant says. “In India, population growth has a huge effect. It varies by region.”

Water problems in Asia’s future?

Study finds high risk of severe water stress in Asia by 2050.

March 30, 2016

Prominent MIT economist and dean Lester Thurow dies at 77

Scholar and public intellectual examined globalization and its consequences.

March 29, 2016

“As I wrote in the book, Brazil is rarely doing as well as people think in good times, nor as badly as people think in tough times. But this crisis is certainly among the worst, with no end yet in sight,” says Ben Ross Schneider, editor of a new volume on the country, “New Order and Progress: Development and Democracy in Brazil,” published this month by Oxford University Press.

3 Questions: Ben Ross Schneider on Brazil’s crisis moment

As political scandal swirls, are there still signs of progress?

March 22, 2016

“An intersection is a difficult place, because you have two flows competing for the same piece of real estate,” Carlo Ratti says.

When slower is faster

Study: Communicating vehicles could ease through intersections more efficiently.

March 17, 2016

“We propose that you use the carbon tax in moderation and use research subsidies for clean technology in order to make that transition [to clean technology] faster,” Daron Acemoglu says.

Power play

Study shows how more R&D funding can accelerate the world energy revolution.

March 15, 2016

(Left to right): Daryl Morey SM '00, general manager of the Houston Rockets, speaks with statistician Nate Silver.

The games within the games

The world’s biggest sports analytics conference shows how theorists have changed sports.

March 15, 2016

The Pirahã reside along the Maici River, which branches off the Amazon in Brazil. MIT researchers are now making public the most extensive data set yet accumulated on the Pirahã language.

Bringing more data to language debate

Larger set of translations may shed light on an idiosyncratic Amazonian language.

March 9, 2016

“It certainly is the case that trade contributes to certain lower-priced goods and services, and on the average, that lowers the cost of living,” David Autor notes. “But for displaced workers, the fact that things are 10 percent cheaper at Walmart is just not making up for the fact that they’re not employed.”

Trading places

Economists take a new look at the evidence that the U.S. has lost millions of jobs to China.

March 9, 2016

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, speaks at the spring 2016 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture.

Christine Lagarde: Thinking globally, speaking locally

IMF managing director calls for new technology, shifting policy to meet population growth.

March 7, 2016

Radius Ensemble (left to right, from top): Noriko Futagami Herndon, viola; Sarah Brady, flute; Jennifer Montbach, oboe and artistic director; Sarah Bob, piano; Miriam Bolkosky, cello; Adrian Morejon, bassoon; Anne Howarth, horn; Gabriela Diaz, violin; Eran Egozy, clarinet.

3Q: A world-premiere concert where the audience helps play

MIT’s Eran Egozy on “12,” a chamber music debut with smartphone-driven percussion.

March 3, 2016

“The question I was beginning to ask was: How is it that Africa is not accounted for in technology studies?” says Clapperton Mavhunga. “How is it we are only accounted for in our social history and our suffering as victims? That’s when this inquiry that took me to MIT began.”

Stealth technology

Clapperton Mavhunga’s work uncovers an Africa where technology is abundant and sophisticated.

March 2, 2016

“Why Only Us: Language and Evolution” (MIT Press), by Robert C. Berwick (top left) and Noam Chomsky (bottom left)

Code of the humans

New book by Noam Chomsky and Robert Berwick explores how people acquired unique language skills.

March 1, 2016

Will we ever stop using fossil fuels?

Not without a carbon tax, suggests a study by an MIT economist.

February 24, 2016

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