National Engineers Week: A Q&A with Olivier de Weck
On engineering systems and the book Engineering Systems: Meeting Human Needs in a Complex Technological World
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Visiting Artist Ben Houge leads lively 'Sound and Real-Time Systems' panel
Artists discuss the convergence between video games, digital media and music composition.
For a day, MIT students manufacture Bose speakers
IAP workshop teaches acoustics, speaker design to MIT students
My connectome, myself
Neuroscientist Sebastian Seung is on a quest to map brain connections that reveal how our memories and personalities take root.
The advantage of ambiguity
Cognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: why human language has so many words with multiple meanings.
The faster-than-fast Fourier transform
For a large range of practically useful cases, MIT researchers find a way to increase the speed of one of the most important algorithms in the information sciences.
3 Questions: John Harbison on his sixth symphony
Lauded composer discusses the creation of his latest major work, premiering this week at the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Leading by example
Study: The presence of female politicians boosts aspirations, educational achievement of young women.
MIT Sea Grant to host 15th annual Blue Lobster Bowl Feb. 4
One hundred twenty high school students to convene at MIT for the regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl
The case of the missing gas mileage
Automakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades — but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased. An MIT economist explains the conundrum.
DARPA administrators: Just make it
Agency Director Regina Dugan and Deputy Director Ken Gabriel speak about revitalizing U.S. manufacturing.
Researchers link patterns seen in spider silk, melodies
Analogy could help engineers develop materials that make use of repeating patterns.
Carbon capture? Go for the source
New analysis shows pulling CO2 from the air would not be cost-effective in the foreseeable future.
How we (should) decide
Philosopher aims to develop theories of practical rationality that may just help us make real-world decisions.