Understanding and predicting materials behavior
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering takes an interdisciplinary approach
MIT OpenCourseWare releases first episode of the ChemLab Boot Camp Series
Videos follow 14 MIT freshmen through their introduction to hands-on science.
Study maps pollution’s pathway to the Arctic, sets path for future research
MIT researchers have built a model that will be further developed as part of an NSF-funded project to track how chemicals get to remote Arctic environments.
Researchers identify biochemical functions for most of the human genome
New map provides a reference for interpreting function of disease-associated regions.
ChemLab Boot Camp: MIT OpenCourseWare launches reality series
A new series of videos to be published this fall follows 14 MIT freshmen through their introduction to hands-on science.
The wisdom of crowds
A recent paper out of Manolis Kellis' group shows the wisdom of crowds when it comes to selecting methods for analyzing gene regulatory networks.
Study: Many Americans die with ‘virtually no financial assets’
Innovative research shows large divergence in retirement saving outcomes, with the single elderly faring worse than married couples.
MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation launches Manufacturing Technology Advisory Board; Infosys joins board
Leaders from academia and the technology industry will work together to share ideas and plan ways to help transform U.S. manufacturing.
UC Berkeley joins edX
UC Berkeley joins Harvard and MIT not-for-profit online-learning collaborative; edX broadens free course offerings into public health, computer science and solid-state chemistry; opens registration
Lessons learned from MITx’s prototype course
As the team behind MIT’s ambitious online learning program gears up to introduce new courses in the fall, it takes stock of its initial experiences.
Wiki archiving process under way
As part of an effort to improve the performance and usability of the MIT Wiki Service, IS&T will begin an annual archiving of wiki spaces starting this summer.
MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing ‘big data’
An Intel research center based at MIT will be the cornerstone of a new research project dubbed ‘bigdata@CSAIL.’