How our gray matter tackles gray areas
Marshall Scholar Katie O’Nell investigates how the brain resolves complicated questions involving morality and generosity.
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Faculty approve proposal to update MIT’s academic calendar, Commencement timing
Decision to move Commencement to late May marks culmination of community dialogue led by vice chancellor and registrar.
Can science writing be automated?
A neural network can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary.
MIT Program in Digital Humanities launches with $1.3 million Mellon Foundation grant
Among the program's offerings, the Digital Humanities Lab applies computational tools to humanistic research — and builds a community fluent in both languages.
Robots that can sort recycling
CSAIL’s "RoCycle" system uses in-hand sensors to detect if an object is paper, metal or plastic.
MIT spinout seeks to transform food safety testing
An affordable, easy-to-use handheld sensor, soon to enter the market, can indicate the presence of bacterial contaminants in food in seconds.
MET Fund launched to support MITdesignX
Seed fund will support venture-design education and entrepreneurship in the School of Architecture and Planning.
Paving ahead: Model aims for infrastructure preservation
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub researchers outline a new pavement maintenance model that accounts for future uncertainties in cost and deterioration.
With new Proto Ventures Program, MIT Innovation Initiative turns ideas into impact
MITii will hire experts to pursue new business opportunities by matching MIT expertise and innovation with real-world problems.
Celebrating passionate teachers and enthusiastic learners
At this year's MacVicar Day symposium, faculty and students reflect on the challenges and joys of education in the 21st century.
Dark matter experiment finds no evidence of axions
In its first run, ABRACADABRA detects no signal of the hypothetical dark matter particle within a specific mass range.
Solving for fun (and sometimes prizes)
Senior Danielle Wang, a two-time Elizabeth Putnam Prize winner, is well on her way to becoming a career mathematician.
Lighting up exoplanets
The Heising-Simons Foundation selects Clara Sousa-Silva and Benjamin Rackham for 51 Pegasi b Fellowships at MIT.
MIT receives $30 million to help address energy challenges in Egypt
Award from USAID will support research collaborations through new Center of Excellence in Energy at Ain Shams University in Cairo.
Co-designing assistive technologies in India
MIT students connect with premier Indian institutes, hospitals, and students to collaborate on “humanistic” assistive design.