How to weigh your options
In Killian Lecture, MIT’s Robert Merton explained the thinking behind his foundational finance work — and its applicability to everyday life.
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Fighting discrimination in mortgage lending
A new technique for removing bias in datasets can enable machine-learning models to make loan approval predictions that are both fair and accurate.
A look at how countries go nuclear — and why some do not
Political scientist Vipin Narang’s new book, “Seeking the Bomb,” makes sense of the complex history of nuclear weapons programs.
Illuminating the history and global story of antibiotics
HASTS PhD student Rijul Kochhar tracks changing medical and microbial realities, and examines what they portend for society.
“Vigilant inclusion” central to combating climate change
Tenth annual US C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium focuses on equity and justice in the clean-energy transition.
Helping people understand and track their health
MIT spinoff Fitnescity makes it easier for users to schedule health tests, work with physicians, and interpret results.
Popular new major blends technical skills and human-centered applications
Combining computer science, data science, and economics, Course 6-14 prepares students to address thorny quandaries in many fields.
Cures for the health insurance enrollment blues
An experiment in Indonesia shows how much subsidies and in-person assistance spur people to get insurance — and how many people stop trying.
Deep learning helps predict traffic crashes before they happen
A deep model was trained on historical crash data, road maps, satellite imagery, and GPS to enable high-resolution crash maps that could lead to safer roads.
Professor Emeritus Frederick Frey, a leader in the field of geochemistry, dies at 83
Over a career spanning five decades, Frey pioneered the use of new techniques to study the Earth’s mantle.
Bringing precision to musculoskeletal health
Figur8, founded by MIT alumna Nan-Wei Gong SM ’09, PhD ’13, offers a wearable sensor system to improve the diagnosis and treatment of muscle injuries.
Study: Ending an eviction moratorium increases Covid-19 hazard
Results show infection rates increase across communities; individuals in low-income areas and those in poor health are at highest risk.
Matching health care offices with short-term workers
The MIT alumnus-founded Stynt helps small health-care offices fill last-minute shift openings by hiring credentialed professionals.
Advancing industry convergence through technology and innovation
The 2021 School of Engineering Accenture Fellows are bolstering research and igniting ideas to help transform global business.
Restoring amputees’ natural functionality with brain-controlled interfaces
MIT student Eeshan Tripathii is working with his sister to engineer an intuitive brain-controlled interface for upper-limb prosthetics.