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Alexander Rothkopf (front row, left) joins pharmacy students at Addis Ababa University for the in-person portion of their blended online course.

What pharmacy students in Ethiopia can do with supply chain education

The MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain lab led a blended supply chain management course with Addis Ababa University.

February 19, 2020

In a diamond crystal, three carbon atom nuclei (shown in blue) surround an empty spot called a nitrogen vacancy center, which behaves much like a single electron (shown in red). The carbon nuclei act as quantum bits, or qubits, and it turns out the primary source of noise that disturbs them comes from the jittery “electron” in the middle. By understanding the single source of that noise, it be...

Correcting the “jitters” in quantum devices

A new study suggests a path to more efficient error correction, which may help make quantum computers and sensors more practical.

February 18, 2020

Scientific evidence that’s been accumulating for decades points to ways in which suppressing fire leads to unhealthy forests.

Rethinking fire with data analytics and systems design

MIT frameworks are helping the U.S. Forest Service find solutions to fire.

February 12, 2020

MIT researchers have created an automated text-generating system that pinpoints and replaces specific information in relevant Wikipedia sentences, while keeping the language similar to how humans write and edit.

Automated system can rewrite outdated sentences in Wikipedia articles

Text-generating tool pinpoints and replaces specific information in sentences while retaining humanlike grammar and style.

February 12, 2020

Jessica Xu and Priscilla Wong stand in front of their finished chalk art in the Stata Center.

Drawing daily doodles: Chalk of the Day brightens MIT

Chalk of the Day, an MIT student group, draws beautiful daily works of art on the chalk wall in Building 32.

February 10, 2020

New theories at the intersection of algebra and geometry

Professor Chenyang Xu applies the techniques of abstract algebra to study concrete but complex geometric objects.

February 8, 2020

Assistant Professor Karthish Manthiram (center), postdoc Kyoungsuk Jin (right), graduate student Joseph Maalouf (left), and their colleagues are working to help decarbonize the chemical industry by finding ways to drive critical chemical reactions using electricity from renewable sources.

Decarbonizing the making of consumer products

Researchers are devising new methods of synthesizing chemicals used in goods from clothing, detergents, and antifreeze to pharmaceuticals and plastics.

February 5, 2020

MIT Schwarzman College of Computing leadership team (left to right) David Kaiser, Daniela Rus, Dan Huttenlocher, Julie Shah, and Asu Ozdaglar

A college for the computing age

With the initial organizational structure in place, the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing moves forward with implementation.

February 4, 2020

Aron Bernstein in 2015, on the fire tower at the top of Mt. Chocorua in New Hampshire

Aron Bernstein, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88

Bernstein was a member of the Hadronic Physics Group in the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, and a longtime anti-nuclear weapons activist.

February 3, 2020

Katy Knight (left) of the Siegel Family Endowment and José Cisneros (right), elected treasurer for the City and County of San Francisco, listen as MIT professor and Work of the Future Initiative co-chair David Autor provides feedback on how to design an effective evaluation of a labor force development program.

Experts join J-PAL North America in advancing conversation on the work of the future

Academic, government, and advocacy leaders gathered to promote collaborative research partnerships to identify strategies that help workers thrive in today’s labor market.

January 31, 2020