Inside an innovation ecosystem
History, proximity and serendipity make Kendall Square fertile ground for the next big idea.
Seeing cancer in three dimensions
Scientists find that the 3-D structure of a cancer cell’s chromosomes plays a big role in which genes get deleted or copied.
Materials research in the Information Age
MIT, Lawrence Berkeley launch new tool to calculate properties of new materials
Searching for balloons in a social network
The key to mobilizing large numbers of people is incentives, study finds.
Skolkovo Foundation and MIT to collaborate on developing the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Graduate research university part of new innovation center outside Moscow
MIT Sea Grant contributes to stormwater monitoring effort in Kingston, Mass.
Coastal ecologist Juliet Simpson heads up nutrient sampling component.
What’s next for engineering education?
Dean of Engineering to share his views on engineering education in the face of increasing need for innovative technical leaders.
Computer science gives a boost to heart health
New technique searches for subtle indicators of risk hidden in a patient’s EKG.
LGBT content and video games: MIT lab tackles the issue
Popular games still haven’t shown they can handle lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender representations. Research at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab wants to change that.