How to control complex networks
New algorithm offers ability to influence systems such as living cells or social networks.
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Of minds and machines
Final installment of MIT’s 150th anniversary symposia explores intelligence — both human and artificial.
Speeding swarms of sensor robots
A new algorithm ensures that robotic environmental sensors will be able to focus on areas of interest without giving other areas short shrift.
Jerome Lettvin, MIT professor emeritus, dies at 91
Dynamic cognitive scientist made key contributions to neurophysiology and vision science.
New method found for controlling conductivity
Reversible control of electrical and thermal properties could find uses in storage systems.
Solar power goes viral
MIT researchers use genetically modified virus to produce structures that improve solar-cell efficiency by nearly one-third.
Turning windows into powerplants
New technology from MIT could enable a building’s windows to generate power, without blocking the view.
Information Age
As part of MIT’s 150th-birthday celebration, computer science luminaries — many from MIT's faculty — gathered on campus for a two-day symposium.
The bouncing gas
Clouds of gases that bounce off each other could help physicists model the behavior of high-temperature superconductors and other unusual materials.
Technology Review to manage MIT's Enterprise Forum
A letter to the community regarding the transition, effective July 1.
The Archivist of the United States to speak at Convocation
David Ferriero, event’s keynote speaker, discusses shelf serendipity, archiving in the digital age and MIT’s historic connections.
A celebration of women in science and engineering
Symposium highlights the work and accomplishments of women at MIT and beyond.
Secure, synchronized, social TV
A technique called network coding could protect users’ privacy and providers’ content while making communications networks more efficient.
MechE's Kripa Varanasi chosen for Doherty Professorship
Funding to support research on nanoengineered surfaces for hydrate mitigation in subsea oil and gas operations
Stopit at MIT: Renewed and Refocused
When an incident of harassment, incivility or other abuse occurs at MIT through a digital source, send a report.