Lippard named Priestley Medal recipient MIT professor Stephen J. Lippard honored for pioneering research, mentorship June 10, 2013 Read full story →
Securing the cloud A new algorithm solves a major problem with homomorphic encryption, which would let Web servers process data without decrypting it. June 10, 2013 Read full story →
Despite the rain, a sunny outlook for 2013 graduates Friends and families sit through steady rain to watch graduates receive their diplomas. June 7, 2013 Read full story →
Rain doesn’t dampen excitement of MIT’s 2013 Commencement Dropbox CEO Drew Houston ’05 tells graduates: 'The people are the reason why there’s only one MIT.' June 7, 2013 Read full story →
President L. Rafael Reif's Charge to the Graduates 'I am certain you will use what you have learned here to make the world a better place.' June 7, 2013 Read full story →
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 →