Studying school quality, to fight inequality
New MIT center examines education and its lifelong effects.
Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cells
New method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.
MIT and Harvard launch a ‘revolution in education’
Online edX courses will open both universities’ classrooms to the world while enhancing on-campus learning.
MIT and Harvard announce edX
Joint partnership builds on MITx and Harvard distance learning; aims to benefit campus-based education and beyond.
What is edX?
Answering common questions about MIT and Harvard’s new partnership in online education.
DOE, MITEI announce a women in clean energy program for the U.S.
Announced at the Third Clean Energy Ministerial in London today.
MIT launches student-produced educational video initiative
Original short videos, in collaboration with Khan Academy, aim to fuel K-12 students’ interest in engineering and science.
Pinpointing how antibiotics work
Team uncovers mechanism that produces fatal DNA damage in bacteria.
MIT Lean Advancement Initiative awarded $8 million for post-traumatic stress innovations project
To develop innovative recommendations for transforming the military psychological health care system related to PTSD.
A taxing issue
In book talk, MIT economist Simon Johnson and co-author James Kwak emphasize need to raise revenues to cope with national debt.
Targeted nanoparticles show success in clinical trials
Tiny particles designed to home in on cancer cells achieve tumor shrinkage at lower doses than traditional chemotherapy.
All in a day’s work: Design and print your own robot
MIT project, funded with $10 million NSF grant, could transform robotic design and production
Buckle in
Inspired by a toy, the ‘buckliball’ — a collapsible structure fabricated from a single piece of material — represents a new class of 3-D, origami-like structures.
