A new path to solving a longstanding fusion challenge
Novel design could help shed excess heat in next-generation fusion power plants.
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MIT Campaign for a Better World propels the Institute to best fundraising year on record
The impact of the campaign is evident in new initiatives and core support across campus.
Student insight on the "Future of Nuclear Energy" study
Student researchers lend voices, ideas for exploring nuclear energy’s potential to address climate change, and describe insights gained from the experience.
Student entrepreneurs think inside the box
Living and working in a glass cube, an interdisciplinary team of students reimagined the ambulance of the future as part of a global startup competition.
Model helps robots navigate more like humans do
In simulations, robots move through new environments by exploring, observing, and drawing from learned experiences.
Takian Fakhrul: Paving “one-way streets” for light inside photonic devices
PhD student designs materials that help guide light within silicon chips, and seeks to advance materials science in her home country of Bangladesh.
MIT and HUBweek showcase ideas and innovators making the future
Institute throws open its doors for the Greater Boston area’s fourth annual celebration of innovation.
Ideas abound at Quest for Intelligence workshop
Community event generates ideas for sparking innovative and ambitious plans to advance research in human and machine intelligence.
Juan Ruiz Ruiz: The heat of the matter
PhD candidate seeks to discover how heat leaks from fusion plasmas.
MIT Solve selects new class of innovators for 2018
At the Solve Challenge Finals, judges selected 33 tech entrepreneurs who will receive the support necessary to scale their solutions.
Math Prize for Girls competition helps to close the gender gap in mathematics
MIT hosts the 10th annual contest encouraging STEM careers for female middle and high school students.
3Q: David Simchi-Levi on advancing global retail operations through analytics and machine learning
David Simchi-Levi discusses insights from recent research in collaboration with some of the world's largest retailers.
3Q: Antonio Torralba on what's next for the Quest for Intelligence
Inaugural director of The Quest discusses what's been accomplished since last spring's launch and what is on the horizon.
Study: Emissions from most diesel cars in Europe greatly exceed laboratory testing levels
Real-world driving produces up to 16 times more emissions, causing 2,700 premature deaths across the EU, researchers estimate.
A game changer takes on cricket’s statistical problem
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems alumnus and CSAIL lecturer Jehangir Amjad uses statistical methods to predict likely outcomes with limited data.