Dan Frey named D-Lab faculty director
Professor of mechanical engineering brings a long association with D-Lab and a commitment to design for the developing world.
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2016 MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellows announced
Program blurs the lines between academia and the world.
Borrowing from pastry chefs, engineers create nanolayered composites
Method to stack hundreds of nanoscale layers could open new vistas in materials science.
JuliaCon draws global users of a dynamic, easy-to-learn programming language
Now three years old, the Julia programming language is helping to solve problems in areas such as economic modeling, spaceflight, and bioinformatics.
Chi Zhang wins Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation
Established in 2013, the Regeneron Prize is the country’s most prestigious award a graduate student in the field can receive.
How MIT gave "Ghostbusters" its "geek cred"
From proton packs to hidden props, the 2016 blockbuster draws upon MIT personalities and scientific panache.
“Beijing Studio” celebrates 30 years
MIT–Tsinghua collaboration grapples with urban issues in China.
Seeking simple solutions with huge impacts
PhD student Cauam Cardoso assesses technologies that aim to help the world’s poor.
The promise of fluorescent polymer gels
Color-changing materials could be used to detect structural failure in energy-related equipment.
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