3dim wins MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition Annual business-plan contest awards $257,000 in total. May 16, 2013 Read full story →
British Prime Minister David Cameron visits MIT Personable robots, advanced prosthetics and entrepreneurship figure prominently in campus visit. May 14, 2013 Read full story →
Dust in the clouds Cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic particles, study finds. May 9, 2013 Read full story →
New research could let vehicles, robots collaborate with humans Researchers are developing systems that can analyze people’s needs to determine the best way to achieve their goals. May 3, 2013 Read full story →
Finding a gecko in the crowd A combination of crowdsourcing and computer vision could identify individuals within endangered populations. May 1, 2013 Read full story →
Making sense of medical sensors Computer scientists and electrical engineers are devising algorithms that look for useful new patterns in data produced by medical sensors. April 19, 2013 Read full story →
Power to the people From afar, MIT grad student Chidube Ezeozue devotes energy to his fellow Nigerians. April 18, 2013 Read full story →
Ulm and Concrete Sustainability Hub named to list of top newsmakers Research on reduction of concrete's environmental footprint prompts inclusion on trade journal's list. April 5, 2013 Read full story →
3Q: Jeffrey Ravel on the French past and our future With MIT hosting a global French history conference, a look at the international growth of — and changes in — the field. April 5, 2013 Read full story →
A mighty wind Thrusters powered by ionic wind may be an efficient alternative to conventional atmospheric propulsion technologies. April 3, 2013 Read full story →
Students have engineering on the brain MIT class offers student teams a chance to create business ventures based on neurotechnology research. April 2, 2013 Read full story →
MicroRNA detection on the cheap MIT alumni’s startup provides rapid, cost-effective microRNA profiling, which is beneficial for diagnosing diseases. March 28, 2013 Read full story →
Making sense of big data PhD student Jameson Toole wants to harness data to improve human lives. March 26, 2013 Read full story →
Study offers new way to discover HIV vaccine targets Ragon Institute researchers develop a method to identify weak points in viral proteins that could be exploited for vaccine development. March 21, 2013 Read full story →