Hurricane-resistant construction may be undervalued by billions of dollars annually
Failing to consider neighborhood texture in hurricane-related wind loss models may undervalue stronger construction by over 80 percent.
Failing to consider neighborhood texture in hurricane-related wind loss models may undervalue stronger construction by over 80 percent.
MIT Refugee Action Hub event convene learners, activists, and educators from around the world in storytelling and collaboration.
A life-detecting radar, a microscale motor, and a quantum network architecture are among this year's most innovative new technologies.
To mitigate natural hazards equitably, PhD candidate Ipek Bensu Manav of the MIT CSHub is incorporating social vulnerability into resilience engineering and hazard recovery.
Technology solutions to climate change, disaster response, and global health challenges are up for discussion in a new Lincoln Laboratory lecture series.
Within minutes, the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown on March 11, 2011, brought an unprecedented wave of death, displacement, and destruction to Japan.
A key finding: Early reopening last spring led to a dramatic drop in “quarantine strength” in southern and west-central U.S. states.
Will focus on responding to disasters and humanitarian crises, defending against biothreats, addressing climate change, and improving human health and performance.
Several of the winning innovations apply artificial intelligence to solutions for challenges to national security.
Lebanese Club at MIT and MIT Arab Alumni Association join forces to raise money for the Beirut Emergency Fund.
Researchers urge a holistic approach to forecasting the virus’ impact on public health and the economy.
Designed and assembled by experts from across the Institute, the facility should enable testing of up to 1,500 people a day.
In researching disaster recovery and marginalized populations, the PhD student seeks out people with deep knowledge of their communities.
Based on crowdsourced data, app helps patients, EMTs, and physicians determine real-time availability of hospital resources.
Automated tools can help emergency managers make decisions, plan routes, and quantify road damage at city scales.