New report details status of women in science and engineering at MIT
Follow-up to previous reports shows improvement, but that still more can be done.
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The drive for diversity
At ‘Human Diversity and Social Order’ panel, faculty cite continuing need to encourage the prospects of minorities in academia
Dueling algorithms
If software companies design their algorithms with the sole intention of outperforming each other, the customer can be the loser.
The past, present and future of cancer
Researchers gather to discuss the state of their field and the potential for new treatments.
The nuclear crisis and Japan’s government
At MIT forum, experts analyze the country's response to the crisis, and give first-hand account of what it was like in Tokyo as the earthquake hit.
Success stories aplenty from the MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Update from Center Director Chris Csikszentmihályi
Researchers say ocean currents cause microbes to filter light
The same phenomenon occurs in the ocean, in a flask and in the art of Paul Matisse.
What we know, and don't know, about Japan's reactors
Panel of MIT nuclear engineers aims for clarity about the state of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The big picture on energy loss
MIT system, tested in Cambridge, gives comprehensive view of energy inefficiency across large areas.
Engineering, management programs excel in graduate rankings
MIT leads the way in several disciplines in U.S. News and World Report's annual list
‘We need to see ahead’
In Compton Lecture, Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano calls for ‘a deeper partnership’ between government and scientists on national security.
Oscillating gels could find many uses
MIT researchers analyze behavior of materials that change by themselves; could lead to practical applications.
Explained: Ad hoc networks
Decentralized wireless networks could have applications in distributed sensing and robotics and maybe even personal communications.
Keeping an eye on H1N1
MIT scientists identify a mutation that could allow the flu virus to spread much more easily.