MIT Big Data Initiative launches transportation challenge, privacy working group
New efforts aimed at improving the use and management of big data
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Solving chromosomes’ structure
Scientists find that loops of DNA are key to tightly packing genetic material for cell division.
‘Lean In’ at MIT
Institute hosts live broadcast of talk by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who discusses how women can lead in the workplace.
MIT students help middle-school girls SHINE in dance and math
Senior Kirin Sinha has founded an after-school program to connect seventh-grade girls with MIT female student-mentors.
Researchers discover that an exoplanet is Earth-like in mass and size
While too hot to support life, Kepler 78b is roughly the size of the Earth.
Powering better online document viewing
Fast-growing startup Crocodoc is developing technology that converts documents into HTML for easy viewing and embedding.
Olafur Eliasson receives 2014 McDermott Award
Award includes artist residency, pop-up exhibitions, public lecture, $100,000 prize and gala
High school students receive Lemelson-MIT Program invention grants
InvenTeam grants awarded to students at 15 high schools nationwide to help bring their innovative ideas to life.
SuperUROP raises bar for undergraduate research and innovation
EECS September kickoff reception features guest speakers Susan Hockfield and Ray Stata
Automatic speaker tracking in audio recordings
A new system dispenses with the human annotation of training data required by its predecessors but achieves comparable results.
‘Cool’ invention wins first place at MADMEC
Thermoelectric bracelet that helps people maintain a comfortable body temperature takes home $10,000 from MIT’s annual materials-science design competition.
Creating a permanent bacteria barrier
Startup Semprus Biosciences develops a permanent solution for keeping bacteria off implanted medical devices.