Summing up the 2019 MIT 24-Hour Challenge The third annual MIT 24-Hour Challenge raised $3.75 million from 9,397 donors. April 16, 2019 Read full story →
The power of play Video game developer NCSOFT joins with MIT.nano to apply the language of gaming to technology research and education. April 3, 2019 Read full story →
Professor Emeritus T. Francis Ogilvie, former ocean engineering department head, dies at 89 An expert in naval architecture and ocean engineering, Ogilvie served as department head for MIT’s former Department of Ocean Engineering for 12 years. April 3, 2019 Read full story →
Dark matter experiment finds no evidence of axions In its first run, ABRACADABRA detects no signal of the hypothetical dark matter particle within a specific mass range. March 29, 2019 Read full story →
3 Questions: What is linguistics? MIT Professor David Pesetsky describes the science of language and how it sheds light on deep properties of the human mind. March 27, 2019 Read full story →
Gulf Stream series wins Knight Science Journalism Program’s Inaugural Victor K. McElheny Award Award honoring local and regional science journalism will go to a reporting team from the Charleston Post and Courier. March 18, 2019 Read full story →
Ethics, computing, and AI: Perspectives from MIT Faculty representing all five MIT schools offer views on the ethical and societal implications of new technologies. March 18, 2019 Read full story →
MIT celebrates 50th anniversary of historic moon landing Symposium featuring former astronauts and other Apollo mission luminaries examines the program’s legacy. March 15, 2019 Read full story →
Buddhist nun Sister Dang Nghiem invites MIT community to practice mindfulness “Look up from your computer. And see the blue sky that brings you joy.” March 15, 2019 Read full story →
Exotic “second sound” phenomenon observed in pencil lead At relatively balmy temperatures, heat behaves like sound when moving through graphite, study reports. March 14, 2019 Read full story →
Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth’s ice ages, study finds Major tectonic collisions near the equator have caused three ice ages in the last 540 million years. March 14, 2019 Read full story →
Brain wave stimulation may improve Alzheimer’s symptoms Noninvasive treatment improves memory and reduces amyloid plaques in mice. March 14, 2019 Read full story →
CEE event showcases multidisciplinary opportunities Ninth annual Research Speed Dating event fosters intradepartmental collaboration and facilitates discussion of future efforts to solve global issues. March 12, 2019 Read full story →
Taking the world by storm Jordan Benjamin, a double major in physics and atmospheric science, studies the weather inside and out of the classroom. March 9, 2019 Read full story →
Combining artificial intelligence with their passions Research projects show creative ways MIT students are connecting computing to other fields. March 7, 2019 Read full story →