$20 million Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research gift to expand collaborative cancer research Gift will augment the Bridge Project, a collaborative project between the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and MIT's Koch Institute. October 28, 2015 Read full story →
A basis for all cryptography A tool that would provide a secure foundation for any cryptographic system may be close at hand. October 28, 2015 Read full story →
A smart inhaler for people with asthma Sensors that track inhaler use aim to keep asthma patients healthy, cut health care costs. October 27, 2015 Read full story →
Fueling solutions “Fuel” pillar at MIT Solve underscores energy’s crucial role in solving humanity’s biggest challenges. October 26, 2015 Read full story →
Faster optimization New general-purpose optimization algorithm promises order-of-magnitude speedups on some problems. October 23, 2015 Read full story →
MIT named among three top universities in the world for humanities and arts fields October 22, 2015 Read full story →
Bringing MIT and India closer together Tata Center Annual Symposium explores many pathways for MIT research to have an impact in India and the developing world. October 21, 2015 Read full story →
MIT announces five-year plan for action on climate change Hundreds of millions sought for low-carbon research; advocacy for carbon pricing; a call to the alumni and beyond. October 21, 2015 Read full story →
Aditi Verma: A multidisciplinary take on nuclear policy PhD student is acquiring the science, engineering, and social sciences expertise needed to make sense of complex policy questions surrounding nuclear energy. October 20, 2015 Read full story →
Book explores the "Musical Institute of Technology" Collection of photographs and quotes from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences celebrates music and the MIT mission. October 20, 2015 Read full story →
Taking stress to a new level MIT spinout Neumitra brings an innovative approach to quantifying, understanding, and managing stress. October 19, 2015 Read full story →
Smarter lenses Newly launched mobile eye-test device could lead to prescription virtual-reality screens. October 19, 2015 Read full story →
Automating big-data analysis System that replaces human intuition with algorithms outperforms 615 of 906 human teams. October 16, 2015 Read full story →
Solving the world’s great challenges Inaugural Solve conference concludes four days of talks, workshops, and discussions on global challenges. October 15, 2015 Read full story →
Bringing “the greatest show in the universe” to the people MIT hosts national ScienceWriters2015 conference. October 15, 2015 Read full story →