Half a day inside the Edgerton Center with Amy Fitzgerald
Longtime educator applies a passion for teaching in her quest to help K-12 students become curious about science and engineering.
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Said and Done for October 2014
Digest of the MIT humanities, arts, and social sciences features a Nobel Prize, a new professorship in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, three new SHASS websites, and more.
3 Questions: The launch of the MIT Climate Change Conversation
New committee aims to catalyze community discussion on how MIT can help address climate change.
No more crying over spilled milk
“Make The Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon” brings tech out of the bubble and into the bottle.
MIT linguist Danny Fox named Anshen-Chomsky Professor of Language and Thought
Research illuminates both language and the mind itself.
Autism as a disorder of prediction
Researchers suggest autism stems from a reduced ability to make predictions, leading to anxiety.
MIT presents new music series: MIT Sounding
New concert series will feature world premieres, reconstructed classics, and Grammy Award-winning musicians.
Underwater robot for port security
Football-size robot can skim discreetly along a ship’s hull to seek hollow compartments concealing contraband.
3 Questions: Calestous Juma on African development
MIT event spotlights new approaches to economic growth on the continent.
Fluid mechanics suggests alternative to quantum orthodoxy
New math explains dynamics of fluid systems that mimic many peculiarities of quantum mechanics.
New faces on campus
MIT’s newest students include a classical ballerina, a junior Olympic archer, and a battalion commander.
The power of hidden patterns
Interfaces within materials can be patterned as a means of controlling the properties of composites.
Designing better surfaces for energy
Bilge Yildiz explores the dynamics of surfaces to design more resilient materials for applications in high-intensity environments.
Sorting cells with sound waves
Acoustic device that separates tumor cells from blood cells could help assess cancer’s spread.