Driving down fuel usage MIT spinout XL Hybrids fits gas-guzzlers with electric powertrains, cutting gas consumption. March 10, 2014 Read full story →
MIT, White House co-sponsor workshop on big-data privacy MIT hosts the first of three conferences on privacy policy March 4, 2014 Read full story →
Social physics Media Lab professor’s new book ties more than a decade’s research into a new theory of information propagation in communities large and small. March 4, 2014 Read full story →
Self-completing programs A system that automatically fills in the gaps in programmers’ code becomes more powerful. February 25, 2014 Read full story →
Looking for first light Robert Simcoe peers deep into the universe’s past to identify the first stars. February 24, 2014 Read full story →
MIT professor ‘made much of our world possible’ Computing luminaries celebrate the work of MIT adjunct professor and Turing Award winner Butler Lampson, one of the fathers of the modern PC. February 18, 2014 Read full story →
Boosting science, math, technology, and ethics in Tibetan communities Project aims to create science learning centers in India, while also fostering solar power and clean water. February 12, 2014 Read full story →
Elevating the discourse Meet the Knight Science Journalism Fellows February 10, 2014 Read full story →
Cochlear implants — with no exterior hardware A cochlear implant that can be wirelessly recharged would use the natural microphone of the middle ear rather than a skull-mounted sensor. February 9, 2014 Read full story →
Martin Schmidt named provost; Cynthia Barnhart named chancellor Two faculty members named to MIT’s most senior academic posts first arrived at the Institute as students in the early 1980s. February 3, 2014 Read full story →
Storage system for ‘big data’ dramatically speeds access to information Using multiple nodes allows the same bandwidth and performance from a storage network as far more expensive machines. January 31, 2014 Read full story →
Kenya under the microscope MIT economist Tavneet Suri explores finance, agriculture and even politics in her homeland of Kenya — and elsewhere in Africa. January 29, 2014 Read full story →
Expanding our view of vision New brain-scanning technique allows scientists to see when and where the brain processes visual information. January 26, 2014 Read full story →
Bringing the world reboot-less updates Ksplice software, which allows for updates without rebooting, became a profitable venture for the MIT alumni who developed it. January 24, 2014 Read full story →
A new wrinkle in the control of waves Flexible materials could provide ways to manipulate sound and light. January 24, 2014 Read full story →