Matt Damon's Commencement address
Actor and filmmaker tells graduates: "There’s more at stake today than in any story ever told."
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New concept turns battery technology upside-down
Pump-free design for flow battery could offer advantages in cost and simplicity.
From MOOC to bootcamp to MIT
Two students with entrepreneurial spirit found their way into the Class of 2020 through MITx.
Moving Day at MIT: Celebrating a century in Cambridge
On May 7, MIT will host a daylong series of events, including a community parade, river competition, pageant, and dance parties.
Designing a better built environment
Oral Buyukozturk develops innovative designs and technologies for durable, sustainable physical infrastructure projects.
Using data from social networks to understand and improve systems
Researchers in IDSS are learning how ideas evolve over networks, quantifying the influence of individuals in networks, and making better predictions.
Christine Lagarde: Thinking globally, speaking locally
IMF managing director calls for new technology, shifting policy to meet population growth.
Cleaning water without the grid
MIT researchers have developed a solar-powered desalination system that could significantly increase the groundwater available for drinking in Indian villages.
Computer science meets economics
Constantinos Daskalakis adapts techniques from theoretical computer science to game theory.
Pushing engineering boundaries to spur infrastructure innovation
MIT hosts Infrastructure Innovation in a Changing Environment Conference.
A smart inhaler for people with asthma
Sensors that track inhaler use aim to keep asthma patients healthy, cut health care costs.
Enhancing movement with computational models
PhD student David Hill maps human locomotion in detail to improve rehabilitative and assistive robotics.
A future fueled by design
Speakers at MIT Media Lab's inaugural Knotty Objects summit discuss the purpose of design.