3 Questions: Ariel White on the impact of incarceration on voting
The political consequence of even short jail terms is disproportionately pushing African-American voters out of the electorate.
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Nature can help solve optimization problems
A low-cost analog circuit based on synchronizing oscillators could scale up quickly and cheaply to beat out digital computers.
New process could make hydrogen peroxide available in remote places
MIT-developed method may lead to portable devices for making the disinfectant on-site where it’s needed.
At MIT, 268 take part in world's largest math competition for girls
Now in its 11th year, the Math Prize for Girls has been hosted by MIT nine times.
Antenna system developed at Lincoln Laboratory aims to improve wireless communications
In-band full-duplex techniques applied to a phased-array antenna may provide a tenfold speedup in data transmit and receive rates while supporting a rapidly increasing number of wireless devices.
![“The major research directions and technology platforms that [my] lab is known for today came out of this process where the students or I had a crazy idea, and then the lab executed on it, with all the twists and turns along the way,” says Paul Blainey, associate professor of biological engineering.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_item/public/images/201910/MIT-Blainey.jpg?itok=dOw_9zKI)
Biological engineer Paul Blainey creates new tools to advance biomedical research
His technology platforms have benefited genomics, diagnostics, and drug screening.
Alan Edelman recognized with 2019 IEEE Computer Society Sidney Fernbach Award
Edelman's Julia programming language was recognized for solving large computational problems for high-performance computers.
!["In my view," says MIT Professor Elizabeth Wood, "the core motivation behind [election] interference is Russia's two-fold belief a) that the most important goal of the Russian state is world power status and b) that such status cannot be achieved without recourse to espionage and manipulation."](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_item/public/images/201910/MIT-SHASS-elizabeth-wood.jpg?itok=kBDGaMd8)
3 Questions: Historian Elizabeth Wood on election interference
How do we understand Russia’s multi-layered interference in the 2016 elections? A Russia expert and professor of history analyzes Russia’s motives.
Giving robots a faster grasp
An algorithm speeds up the planning process robots use to adjust their grip on objects, for picking and sorting, or tool use.
MIT alumna addresses the world’s mounting plastic waste problem
Renewlogy’s system is converting plastic waste from cities and rivers into fuel.
Funding for sustainable concrete cemented for five more years
The MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub will continue to study the environmental impacts of concrete and the hazard resilience of the built environment.
This is how a “fuzzy” universe may have looked
Scientists simulate early galaxy formation in a universe of dark matter that is ultralight, or “fuzzy,” rather than cold or warm.
An interdisciplinary approach to accelerating human-machine collaboration
Professor’s startup brings millimeter-scale location tracking to factories, ports, and other industrial environments.
MIT Solve selects 2019 cohort of tech entrepreneurs
At Solve Challenge Finals in New York, judges selected 32 innovators, and Solve announces $1.5 million in prize funding.
HubWeek 2019 celebrates five years of connecting MIT, Boston, and the world
Greater Boston’s annual festival of ideas finds new avenues for celebrating and connecting innovators.