Mix-and-match kit could enable astronauts to build a menagerie of lunar exploration bots
Robotic parts could be assembled into nimble spider bots for exploring lava tubes or heavy-duty elephant bots for transporting solar panels.
With new heat treatment, 3D-printed metals can withstand extreme conditions
A technique that transforms the metals’ microscopic structure may enable energy-efficient 3D printing of blades for gas turbines or jet engines.
How to get more electric cars on the road
Study measures which kinds of infrastructure improvements could lead to wider adoption of clean vehicles.
Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost overruns in the U.S.
Analysis points to ways engineering strategies could be reimagined to minimize delays and other unanticipated expenses.
What pharmacy students in Ethiopia can do with supply chain education
The MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain lab led a blended supply chain management course with Addis Ababa University.
Business lessons from “Ford v. Ferrari”
A look at the popular film through a lens of systems thinking and process improvement.
MIT-Boeing educational collaboration aims to scale learning in additive manufacturing
New online course will enable professionals to invent and implement innovative 3-D-printing applications.
Incorporating humanity into a systems mindset
Grad student and Air National Guard officer Elizabeth Bieler combines systems design and management studies with engineering and volunteer projects.
Evading in-flight lightning strikes
MIT study shows electrically charging planes would reduce their risk of being struck by lightning.
Danielle Wood joins Media Lab faculty
MIT alumna is establishing a new research group aimed at harnessing space engineering to improve life on Earth.
Study: For food-waste recycling, policy is key
Successful programs aren’t limited to well-off towns with strong environmental movements.
Study: Technological progress alone won’t stem resource use
Researchers find no evidence of an overall reduction in the world’s consumption of materials.
Meeting of the minds for machine intelligence
Industry leaders, computer scientists, and venture capitalists gather to discuss how smarter computers are remaking our world.
Professor Emeritus Jay Forrester, digital computing and system dynamics pioneer, dies at 98
The inventor of an early form of RAM had an outsized influence on organizational dynamics, supply chains, and sustainability.