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Dr. Sharon Nunes, IBM’s Vice President for Big Green Innovation, discussed smart systems for planetary water management at the 2009 MIT Conference on Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges.

Energy, environment, health care discussed at annual Systems Thinking Conference

On Oct. 22-23, MIT faculty and industry leaders discussed the need for a systems-based approach to tackle complex challenges such as health care, energy, and the environment at the 2009 MIT conference on systems thinking for contemporary challenges.

November 6, 2009

The politics of climate fixes

Judith Layzer says there’s no easy way out when it comes to climate change — but that geo-engineering might be a last-ditch solution.

November 6, 2009

3 Questions: Sergey Paltsev on the costs of climate-change legislation

MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change has pegged the annual cost of the proposed cap-and-trade legislation in Congress at $400 per U.S. household. But estimating the cost of doing nothing is far more difficult.

November 5, 2009

Explained: P vs. NP

The most notorious problem in theoretical computer science remains open, but the attempts to solve it have led to profound insights.

October 29, 2009

The Great Dome at MIT, shown here in an architectural draft, includes a cement liner that seals and secures the sandstone overlay. In research published earlier this year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a group of MIT researchers used computational materials science techniques to decode for the first time the three-dimensional structure of the basic unit of calcium-silicate...

New methods are changing old materials

Computational approach to materials science could bring new properties even to familiar substances such as concrete and steel

October 28, 2009

Of Note: Symposium this Friday to celebrate the life of David Schauer

October 27, 2009

President Obama lights up MIT

Calls for America to lead the world in clean energy.

October 23, 2009

Teens aim to make a difference through invention

15 high schools awarded Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Grants to tackle real-world problems; grant applications now available for 2010-2011 school year

October 20, 2009

Saving labor

Political scientist Richard Locke says our system of improving factory conditions around the world is broken.
He proposes a new solution.

October 14, 2009

Avinatan Hassidim, a postdoc in the Research Laboratory of Electronics, writes out a system of four linear equations with four variables. The quantum algorithm that he, Seth Lloyd, and Aram Harrow devised can solve systems with a trillion equations and a trillion variables.

Quantum computing may actually be useful

A quantum algorithm that solves systems of linear equations could point in a promising new direction.

October 9, 2009

A unique lineage of four teachers and students, in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. From left: Professors Mary Potter and Nancy Kanwisher; Assistant Professor Rebecca Saxe; and postdoctoral associate Liane Young.

Following in their footsteps

A unique lineage of four women in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT discuss their 'special responsibility' to help others succeed in academia

September 29, 2009

3 Questions: Phillip Sharp calls for 'New Biology' push

The U.S. needs an ambitious biology research initiative to tackle broad challenges involving food, energy, the environment and health, says Nobel laureate.

September 25, 2009

This schematic drawing shows the sensor Manalis and colleagues built to weigh single cells. Cells flow through a channel (dark blue lines) that carries them to the end of a vibrating cantilever and back.

In Profile: Scott Manalis

His technology to weigh single cells led to an unexpected research focus: figuring out how cancerous cells escape normal growth controls.

September 23, 2009

Fall 2009 Letter to the Community

September 22, 2009

Maria Zuber, chair of MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science

In Profile: Maria Zuber

Planetary scientist is driven by the thrill of exploring uncharted territory

September 18, 2009

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