EAPS, physics professor James Elliot dies at 67
Led team that discovered the rings of Uranus in 1977.
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Rivest unlocks cryptography's past, looks toward future
Public-key system has worked and made Internet commerce feasible, but new systems are ready in case flaws are found.
MLK Leadership Awards honor three individuals, one program
Recognize service that reflects the civil rights leader’s ideals
2010-11 MISTI Global Seed Funds winners announced
More than $900,000 distributed to 46 international faculty research projects.
Professor Eric Grimson named next chancellor
Current head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to succeed Phillip L. Clay.
Going head to head
Mechanical-engineering competition set the stage for a variety of competitive classes and events at MIT and elsewhere.
Why do some countries’ economies grow faster?
One of the Media Lab’s newest faculty members is adapting the mathematical tools of statistical physics to study development economics.
Sen. Scott Brown visits MIT
The Massachusetts Republican says the kind of work done at MIT 'can get our economy going.'
Harvard and MIT libraries explore far-reaching alliance
New agreement reflects physical proximity, cross-registration, joint programs and research affinities.
A clearer picture of vision
New mathematical model of information processing in the brain accurately predicts some of the peculiarities of human vision.
3-D TV? How about holographic TV?
Using a single Xbox Kinect and standard graphics chips, MIT researchers demonstrate the highest frame rate yet for streaming holographic video.