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Media Lab conference addresses gender bias, diversity, and inclusion in STEM
Megan Smith ’86, SM ’88 and other thought leaders offer advice to students on how women in STEM fields can develop skills for navigating life and work.
Students unlock the secrets of cryptography
LLCipher workshop hosted by the Lincoln Laboratory teaches the mathematics behind cryptography.
Ramesh Raskar awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
Imaging scientist and inventor sets sights on launching peer-to-peer invention platforms for global impact.
A novel approach to teaching socially responsible real estate: games
MIT’s Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab uses gaming to advance its mission in China.
The teacher becomes the student
Ten Tunisian professors take part in MIT-Educator’s inaugural program to examine their higher-ed practices.
Designing safe, cheap batteries for grid level storage
Summer Scholar Victoria Yao experiments with water-based, flow-driven battery concept in Brushett Lab.
MIT Energy Initiative welcomes GE as new member and participant in Low-Carbon Energy Centers
GE’s membership marks continued progress on goals of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change to engage industry in solving global challenges.
Integrating user-collected data in city planning
Lily Bui draws upon science, art, and public advocacy to enrich urban design.
Programmable network routers
New design should enable much more flexible traffic management, without sacrificing speed.
Sponge creates steam using ambient sunlight
Bubble-wrapped structure requires no mirrors or lenses to focus the sun’s heat.
D-Lab appoints Bob Nanes to new position of executive director
Nanes brings to D-Lab 30 years of experience on four continents in technology, innovation, supply chains, and microfinance.
Scene at MIT: Margaret Hamilton’s Apollo code
A brief history of the famous 1969 photo of the software that sent humans to the moon.
J-WAFS Solutions program awards $750,000 in commercialization grants
Four new projects and one renewal receive $150,000 in funding for 2016-2017.
User-friendly language for programming efficient simulations
New language can speed up computer simulations 200-fold or reduce the code they require by 90 percent.