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A screenshot of Visual Earth: Plate Tectonics, which displays data about seafloor age, earthquakes, and volcanoes on a rotating 3-D globe.

As the world turns: Learning about plate tectonics through on-screen interactions

Created by OEIT's ARTEMiS group, the Plate Tectonics interactive visualization challenges students to interpret a 3-D globe of tectonic data, providing animations of the opening and closing of ocean basins and the splitting of Pangaea.

December 11, 2013

Even when test scores go up, some cognitive abilities don’t

MIT neuroscientists find even high-performing schools don’t influence their students’ abstract reasoning.

December 11, 2013

Balancing old and new skills

MIT model explains how the brain can learn novel tasks while still remembering what it has already learned.

December 9, 2013

SMART's autonomous golf cart is taken for a test drive.

SMART Driverless golf cart provides a glimpse into a future of autonomous vehicles

Fleet of self-driving cars could solve the “first-and last-mile" problem.

December 9, 2013

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli visits MIT in support of assistive technology and global poverty reduction

Daylong visit highlights work by MIT researchers and others at CSAIL and J-PAL.

December 9, 2013

Silvija Gradečak seeks to better the world through new materials

Looking for better materials for solar cells, LEDs, and other technology, one molecule at a time.

December 6, 2013

Explained: Matrices

Concepts familiar from grade-school algebra have broad ramifications in computer science.

December 6, 2013

Class on digital humanities premieres with tech-savvy approaches

New class offers MIT students the chance to pair technical know-how with real-world art and humanities projects at local museums.

December 4, 2013

MIT students (left to right) Ayush Bhandari, Refael Whyte and Achuta Kadambi pose next to their "nano-camera" that can capture translucent objects, such as a glass vase, in 3-D.

Inexpensive ‘nano-camera’ can operate at the speed of light

Device could be used in medical imaging, collision-avoidance detectors for cars, and interactive gaming.

November 26, 2013

The above image shows (top) two micrographs at different magnifications of a standard "Y Type" zeolite with micropores, and (bottom) two micrographs at different magnifications of the same zeolite that has been given mesopores (much larger holes) through Rive Technology's Molecular Highway product.

Catalyst for business

Startup Rive Technology is commercializing an MIT-developed invention that improves catalysts used in oil refining, leading to greater yields.

November 21, 2013

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

Study finds more spending on fire suppression may lead to bigger fires

Researchers emphasize balancing fire suppression with prevention measures.

November 20, 2013

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

Better batteries through biology?

MIT researchers find a way to boost lithium-air battery performance, with the help of modified viruses.

November 13, 2013

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

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As the world turns: Learning about plate tectonics through on-screen interactions

Even when test scores go up, some cognitive abilities don’t

Balancing old and new skills

SMART Driverless golf cart provides a glimpse into a future of autonomous vehicles

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli visits MIT in support of assistive technology and global poverty reduction

Silvija Gradečak seeks to better the world through new materials

Explained: Matrices

Class on digital humanities premieres with tech-savvy approaches

Inexpensive ‘nano-camera’ can operate at the speed of light

Catalyst for business

3 Questions: Alan Berger on cities and health

Study finds more spending on fire suppression may lead to bigger fires

Machine learning branches out

Better batteries through biology?

DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman will be MIT’s 2014 Commencement speaker

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