Creating new treatments for amblyopia
Study finds decreasing activity in the eye can help overcome visual impairment.
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At forum, MIT community tackles tough ethical questions of climate change
Why is it so hard for human beings to address climate change? What can motivate effective action?
Lauren Uhr: a brain researcher motivated by personal experience
MIT senior studies cognitive science and medicine from the vantage point of a person with dyslexia.
Tackling society’s big problems with systems theory
Ali Jadbabaie seeks to optimize large-scale systems, from social networks to teams of people or devices.
My Sister's Keeper builds community for black women students at MIT
New organization aims to increase connections, mentoring, and success.
Professor Emeritus Whitman Richards dies at 84
Longtime professor and beloved advisor was known for advances in experimental and theoretical studies of vision, perception, and cognition.
MIT Climate CoLab awards innovative climate proposals, presents $10,000 prize
Climate CoLab uses a crowd-based approach to surface high-potential proposals for climate change projects.
Genomes, good news, and you
Personal genomic data makes a bigger impact when it portends well, a new study finds.
New heads of house join undergraduate and graduate communities to start the fall semester
Areas of expertise include robotics, writing, physics, jewelry-making, and breakfast cereal.
Study finds brain connections key to reading
Pathways that exist before kids learn to read may determine development of brain’s word recognition area.
Professor Emeritus Seymour Papert, pioneer of constructionist learning, dies at 88
World-renowned mathematician, learning theorist, and educational-technology visionary was a founding faculty member of the MIT Media Lab.
Gliding from classroom to market
Treaded hand truck created as class project is now making downstairs deliveries safer.
Why we like the music we do
New study suggests that musical tastes are cultural in origin, not hardwired in the brain.
Driverless cars: Who gets protected?
Study shows inconsistent public opinion on safety of driverless cars.