Drew Houston's Commencement address 'I stopped trying to make my life perfect, and instead tried to make it interesting.' June 7, 2013 Read full story →
Opening Dropbox MIT alumnus Drew Houston took Dropbox from conception to a multibillion-dollar business. June 6, 2013 Read full story →
Why innovation thrives in cities Double a city’s population and its economic productivity goes up 130 percent. MIT researchers think they know why. June 4, 2013 Read full story →
Angela Belcher wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize MIT professor honored for her innovations that take cues, and materials, from nature to tackle key societal issues. June 4, 2013 Read full story →
Tracking bubbles for improved nuclear safety Nuclear science and engineering grad student Rosemary Sugrue explores thermal hydraulics in nuclear reactors June 4, 2013 Read full story →
Automatically grading programming homework Software that identifies errors in students’ programs — however idiosyncratic their approaches — could be a boon for online learning. June 3, 2013 Read full story →
Fine-tuning emissions from quantum dots New MIT analysis should enable development of improved color displays and biomedical monitoring systems. June 2, 2013 Read full story →
A step closer to artificial livers Researchers identify compounds that help liver cells grow outside the body. June 2, 2013 Read full story →
The What, Who and How of DUE: The Teaching and Learning Laboratory How TLL helps advance educational innovation at MIT May 31, 2013 Read full story →
How computers can learn better With a recently released programming framework, researchers show that a new machine-learning algorithm outperforms its predecessors. May 29, 2013 Read full story →
Solving a semiconductor riddle New observations of material disprove leading theory about LED brightness, opening new avenues for research. May 24, 2013 Read full story →
Balance is key to making quantum-dot solar cells work MIT team finds that the ratio of component atoms is vital to performance. May 24, 2013 Read full story →
iCampus Student Competition yields online tools for improved on campus experiences Grand prize in 2013 competition goes to an online exploration tool to aid students in planning their selection of classes. May 21, 2013 Read full story →
Making quantum encryption practical An MIT team that proposed a new, more-practical scheme for using quantum physics to secure data transmission has now demonstrated it experimentally. May 20, 2013 Read full story →
D-Lab Scale-Ups awards funds to three MIT social entrepreneurs Shawn Wen ‘13, Kevin Cedrone SM ’10 PhD ‘13 and Sumana Shrestha MBA ‘13 to join the Phase I Fellowship Program May 16, 2013 Read full story →