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“We propose that you use the carbon tax in moderation and use research subsidies for clean technology in order to make that transition [to clean technology] faster,” Daron Acemoglu says.

Power play

Study shows how more R&D funding can accelerate the world energy revolution.

March 15, 2016

(Left to right): Daryl Morey SM '00, general manager of the Houston Rockets, speaks with statistician Nate Silver.

The games within the games

The world’s biggest sports analytics conference shows how theorists have changed sports.

March 15, 2016

IDSS conversations: Guy Bresler

Assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science discusses his work focusing on learning graphical models from data.

March 11, 2016

Andrus Ansip, vice president of the Digital Single Market in the European Commission, chats with Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.

U.S., EU leaders talk Web policy and world economy at MIT

With EU vice president, U.S. secretary of commerce discusses EU-U.S. “Privacy Shield” and launches new policy program.

March 11, 2016

Empatica's wristband, called Embrace (pictured here), is “a consumer-looking, but medical-quality device” for monitoring stress and seizures, Rosalind Picard says.

Wristband detects and alerts for seizures, monitors stress

Wearable tracks increased skin conductance that signals stress, helps identify dangerous seizures.

March 9, 2016

System loads Web pages 34 percent faster by fetching files more effectively

"Polaris" system from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab accelerates website load-time by decreasing network trips.

March 9, 2016

Researchers have designed and built a quantum computer from five atoms in an ion trap. The computer uses laser pulses to carry out Shor’s algorithm on each atom, to correctly factor the number 15.

The beginning of the end for encryption schemes?

New quantum computer, based on five atoms, factors numbers in a scalable way.

March 3, 2016

“The window to this new world of gravitational waves has just been cracked open,” David Shoemaker told lawmakers.

Testimony: LIGO has “cracked open” a new window to the universe

MIT’s David Shoemaker testifies before Congress on the significance of LIGO.

February 26, 2016

“These waves really talk to each other,” Themis Sapsis says. “They interact and exchange energy. It’s not just bad luck. It’s the dynamics that create this phenomenon.”

Rogue wave ahead

New prediction tool gives 2-3 minute warning of incoming rogue waves.

February 25, 2016

Boston Citywide Energy Model simulated energy use in a 200-by-200-meter grid for the City of Boston.

MIT researchers create citywide building energy model for Boston

Detailed model can help planners meet climate goals, increase resilience.

February 22, 2016

MIT spinout Benefits Science Technologies developed software that predicts emerging health risks among employees to design optimal health care plans for companies.

Startup optimizes corporate health care plans

Software mines insurance claims data to determine best coverage for employees, within a budget.

February 18, 2016

Left to right: David Shoemaker, Rainer Weiss, Matthew Evans, Erotokritos Katsavounidis, Nergis Mavalvala, and Peter Fritschel.

Scientists make first direct detection of gravitational waves

LIGO signal reveals first observation of two massive black holes colliding, proves Einstein right.

February 11, 2016

On Mapdwell’s satellite-map website, people can click on an individual roof to receive information about installation price, energy and financial savings, and environmental impact.

Realizing your true (solar) potential

Mapping website tells building owners if going solar is worth the cost of installation.

February 5, 2016

This diagram demonstrates the simplified results that can be obtained by using quantum analysis on enormous, complex sets of data. Shown here are the connections between different regions of the brain in a control subject (left) and a subject under the influence of the psychedelic compound psilocybin (right). This demonstrates a dramatic increase in connectivity, which explains some of the drug’...

A new quantum approach to big data

System for handling massive digital datasets could make impossibly complex problems solvable.

January 25, 2016

MIT spinout Cogito developed voice-analytics software for call centers that tracks and analyzes voice patterns of customers and agents — such as interruptions and rapid speech — and offers real-time feedback to make the conversations more productive.

Watch your tone

Voice-analytics software helps customer-service reps build better rapport with customers.

January 20, 2016

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