A bright and airy hub for climate at MIT
Together, the new Moghadam Building and refurbished Green Building form a vibrant new center to tackle pressing global concerns of sustainability and climate change.
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The study and practice of being human
Professor Joshua Bennett’s scholarship, poetry, and teaching help students address core questions about values and meaning in life.
Researchers return to Arctic to test integrated sensor nodes
The nodes are intended to become part of a widespread sea-ice monitoring network.
Study reveals how an anesthesia drug induces unconsciousness
Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, derails the brain’s normal balance between stability and excitability.
What is language for?
Drawing on evidence from neurobiology, cognitive science, and corpus linguistics, MIT researchers make the case that language is a tool for communication, not for thought.
Implantable microphone could lead to fully internal cochlear implants
This tiny, biocompatible sensor may overcome one of the biggest hurdles that prevent the devices from being completely implanted.
Creating the crossroads
Through academia and industry, Gevorg Grigoryan PhD ’07 says there is no right path — just the path that works for you.
Owen Coté, military technology expert and longtime associate director of the Security Studies Program, dies at 63
An influential national expert on undersea warfare, Coté is remembered as "the heart and soul of SSP."
A creation story told through immersive technology
Multimedia artist Jackson 2bears reimagines the Haudenosaunee longhouse and creation story.
Symposium highlights scale of mental health crisis and novel methods of diagnosis and treatment
Co-hosted by the McGovern Institute, MIT Open Learning, and others, the symposium stressed emerging technologies in advancing understanding of mental health and neurological conditions.
New algorithm discovers language just by watching videos
DenseAV, developed at MIT, learns to parse and understand the meaning of language just by watching videos of people talking, with potential applications in multimedia search, language learning, and robotics.
The unexpected origins of a modern finance tool
Discounting calculations are ubiquitous today — thanks partly to the English clergy who spread them amid turmoil in the 1600s, an MIT scholar shows.
Ultrasound offers a new way to perform deep brain stimulation
MIT engineers’ implantable ImPULS device could become an alternative to the electrodes now used to treat Parkinson’s and other diseases.
Modeling the threat of nuclear war
As part of his MIT doctoral studies in nuclear science and engineering, Eli Sanchez investigated whether hypersonic missiles threaten global security.
Looking for a specific action in a video? This AI-based method can find it for you
A new approach could streamline virtual training processes or aid clinicians in reviewing diagnostic videos.