Coming together on climate Hackathon for Climate brings students, faculty, staff, and alumni together on climate change solutions. February 8, 2016 Read full story →
Riddle of cement’s structure is finally solved Findings may guide development of formulas to make the material more durable, less CO2-intensive. February 8, 2016 Read full story →
Visible hand Startup meshes crowdfunding and bond markets to change how cities are built With Neighborly, Jase Wilson meshes crowdfunding and bond markets to change how cities are built. February 8, 2016 Read full story →
Democracy and design Architect and dean Hashim Sarkis believes good design builds a better society. February 8, 2016 Read full story →
Computer science meets economics Constantinos Daskalakis adapts techniques from theoretical computer science to game theory. February 4, 2016 Read full story →
A virtual “guide dog” for navigation Low-power chip processes 3-D camera data, could enable wearable device to guide the visually impaired. February 2, 2016 Read full story →
Dispatches from the Paris climate talks MIT attendees of COP21 share experiences, perspectives on outcomes February 2, 2016 Read full story →
Curing disease by repairing faulty genes New delivery method boosts efficiency of CRISPR genome-editing system. February 1, 2016 Read full story →
Learning to solve Hallmark program “SuperUROP” lets undergrad engineers dive into a year-long research experience. February 1, 2016 Read full story →
Incentives matter Working with the Tata Center, two MIT economics students are testing projects to reduce industrial pollution in India. January 29, 2016 Read full story →
Symposium calls for science-based climate action Experts examine how MIT can be most effective in addressing climate-change issues. January 29, 2016 Read full story →
Computer science and engineering major helps people while having fun Senior Sami Alsheikh helps others, solves problems, and has fun doing both. January 29, 2016 Read full story →
Second-round MindHandHeart Innovation Fund grant recipients announced Grants totaling $24,870 were awarded to seven proposals in the second Innovation Fund cycle. January 27, 2016 Read full story →
Georgia Perakis: On the road to better energy data MIT professor uses operations research and optimization modeling to investigate topics from traffic flows to subsidies for green energy technologies. January 27, 2016 Read full story →
A new quantum approach to big data System for handling massive digital datasets could make impossibly complex problems solvable. January 25, 2016 Read full story →