3 Questions: Alan Berger on cities and health New report from MIT’s Center for Advanced Urbanism examines the best ways to help public health in metropolitan areas. November 21, 2013 Read full story →
Study finds more spending on fire suppression may lead to bigger fires Researchers emphasize balancing fire suppression with prevention measures. November 20, 2013 Read full story →
Machine learning branches out An algorithm that extends an artificial-intelligence technique to new tasks could aid in analysis of flight delays and social networks. November 14, 2013 Read full story →
Better batteries through biology? MIT researchers find a way to boost lithium-air battery performance, with the help of modified viruses. November 13, 2013 Read full story →
DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman will be MIT’s 2014 Commencement speaker A champion of market-driven science, trained as an engineer, will address the Class of 2014 on June 6. November 12, 2013 Read full story →
MIT Big Data Initiative launches transportation challenge, privacy working group New efforts aimed at improving the use and management of big data November 12, 2013 Read full story →
Solving chromosomes’ structure Scientists find that loops of DNA are key to tightly packing genetic material for cell division. November 7, 2013 Read full story →
‘Lean In’ at MIT Institute hosts live broadcast of talk by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who discusses how women can lead in the workplace. November 5, 2013 Read full story →
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. November 1, 2013 Read full story →
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. October 30, 2013 Read full story →
Powering better online document viewing Fast-growing startup Crocodoc is developing technology that converts documents into HTML for easy viewing and embedding. October 29, 2013 Read full story →
Olafur Eliasson receives 2014 McDermott Award Award includes artist residency, pop-up exhibitions, public lecture, $100,000 prize and gala October 24, 2013 Read full story →
Students prepare for real-world product development through hands-on collaboration October 22, 2013 Read full story →