A look at the Class of 2017
From a bedroom chemist to a high-flying roboticist, talents abound among MIT’s incoming freshmen.
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An entrepreneur aims to work in Africa
Graduate student Sarah Dimson is hatching plans for renewable energy and affordable housing in Tanzania.
Making photos their business
MIT alumni took their photo-aggregating app to market with help from the Institute.
Encryption is less secure than we thought
For 65 years, most information-theoretic analyses of cryptographic systems have made a mathematical assumption that turns out to be wrong.
Brain scans may help diagnose dyslexia
Differences in a key language structure can be seen even before children start learning to read.
Targeting product design for the developing world
The key, MIT study finds, is designing products that make money for the microentrepreneur.
From theory to practice
PhD student Kuang Xu has found a way to apply predictive modeling to improve emergency-room wait times.
Research points toward better colonoscopy
New technology offers three-dimensional images, making it easier to detect precancerous lesions.
The brains behind research on the brain
Mehmet Fatih Yanik develops tools to answer some of the central questions in neuroscience.
MIT releases report on its actions in the Aaron Swartz case
Professors Hal Abelson and Peter Diamond complete review.
How anti-poverty programs go viral
Study: Getting the well-connected to spread the word helps more people learn about microfinance programs in rural India.
Neuroscientists plant false memories in the brain
MIT study also pinpoints where the brain stores memory traces, both false and authentic.
Unraveling bacterial behavior
Michael Laub studies the complex interactions that underlie cells’ responses to their environment.