New solar research center inaugurated
Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Center, funded by Italian oil company, will support research by 21 MIT faculty members
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Rapid analysis of DNA damage now possible
Technology offers a new way to test potential cancer drugs, detect effects of hazardous agents in our environment.
Ray LaHood seeks ideas to curb distracted driving
In MIT visit, U.S. transportation secretary asks students to help with effort to stop national 'epidemic'
Video production studio opens in Building 24
New facility offers the latest video production technology to the MIT community.
MIT-led clean-energy projects win ARPA-E funding
$11 million in grants to Institute research awarded in DoE agency’s second round
Should Google stay in China?
A panel discussion suggests that if the goal is to promote Chinese democracy, a censored Google is better than no Google at all.
Sheila Widnall named to Toyota North American Quality Advisory Panel
Institute Professor will advise Japanese carmaker as it seeks to address quality and safety issues.
Diamond nominated for Federal Reserve post
MIT economist and Institute Professor is Obama’s choice for the U.S. central bank’s seven-person board of governors.
3 Questions: Stephen Connors on offshore wind farms
What the federal approval of the Cape Wind project will mean for Massachusetts and the nation
Fund helps energy efficiency bloom across campus
Alumni gifts support the greening of MIT, and the resulting savings are being reinvested in similar projects.
In the World: Clean Water for Ghana
MIT students help a researcher build a factory that could provide water filters for 1 million people in northern Ghana
3 Questions: Mitchel Resnick
Creator of the popular Scratch programming language discusses Apple’s decision to disallow Scratch viewer for iPhones and iPads.
Computing, Sudoku-style
Computer scientists generally see computation as something like following a recipe. Alexey Radul sees it as more like a puzzle with interconnecting parts.