Better views with smaller satellites
Batches of shoebox-sized satellites could improve estimates of Earth’s reflected energy.
Seeking simple solutions with huge impacts
PhD student Cauam Cardoso assesses technologies that aim to help the world’s poor.
Mapping molecular neighborhoods
Associate Professor Ernest Fraenkel uses biological network modeling to identify new targets for disease.
Making India's waste streams sustainable
MIT researchers are developing a decision-support tool to help cities in India sustainably manage the societal and environmental impacts of their waste.
Building better trust between humans and machines
MIT-SUTD researchers are creating improved interfaces to help machines and humans work together to complete tasks.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offering new minors, subjects this fall
CEE creates three new undergraduate minors, adds new subjects to extend choice and opportunity.
A smart water grid for the Indus Basin
Architect and MIT Professor James Wescoat promotes institutional capacity building to manage a critical resource.
Using new models and big data to better understand financial risk
Bringing together engineers, data theorists, mathematicians, economists, biologists, and policy experts, IDSS is looking at financial risk through a multidisciplinary lens.
Using data from social networks to understand and improve systems
Researchers in IDSS are learning how ideas evolve over networks, quantifying the influence of individuals in networks, and making better predictions.
Call for MIT Portugal PhD and executive master's is now open
MIT Portugal PhD and executive master's programs are soliciting applications for 2016-17.
MIT, Boeing, NASA, and edX to launch online architecture and systems engineering program
Four-course program will train professionals in latest practices on models and methods to manage complex systems
Nancy Leveson receives space safety award
Professor of aeronautics and astronautics honored for contributions toward the safety of space systems.
MIT Climate CoLab, in collaboration with Nike, launches new materials competition
Materials Matter competition, inspired by MIT research, seeks innovations that could help transform the way we view, make, and use materials.