When the playroom is the computer
A block-shaped robot that seems to roll onto a computer screen is part of an educational-media system that gets kids out of their chairs.
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In the World: Turning waste into profit
Students aim to improve Kenyan slum-dwellers’ access to basic sanitation — and generate renewable energy and jobs along the way.
Illuminating research
MIT study finds potential for significant energy savings through user-controlled efficient lighting systems.
Institute launches app for Android mobile devices
Echoes functionality of MIT’s mobile site, existing app for iPhones
3 Questions: Joseph Coughlin on aging and driving
As the Baby Boomers become senior citizens, is a mobility crisis coming down the road?
Direct delivery
Cancer scientists believe nanoparticles could accurately target tumors, avoiding side effects.
Using the body’s own defenses to combat cancer
By engineering T cells to attack tumors, researchers hope to add a new weapon to their cancer-fighting arsenal.
How wise are crowds?
By melding economics and engineering, researchers show that as social networks get larger, they usually get better at sorting fact from fiction.
Turning off cancer genes
RNA interference holds much promise as a cancer treatment, but technical challenges remain.
A better way to target tumors
In spite of slow progress toward targeting cancer drugs to individual patients, hope remains.
3 Questions: John Hansman on the Qantas A380 engine blowout
MIT aviation expert discusses why the engine failure could have resulted in a more serious outcome.
Xerox CEO Ursula Burns to deliver 2011 Commencement address
Will help cap MIT's 150th anniversary celebration
A greener way to grow carbon nanotubes
Study suggests new way for manufacturers to minimize environmental impact of carbon nanotube production
Tuning in to a new hearing mechanism
Findings from MIT scientists could lead to hearing aids that mimic the ear’s ability to focus on particular frequencies.