Global

Solutions-driven culture draws Fallon to MIT

Veteran of global hot spots to share insights during fall CIS fellowship

September 2, 2008

'China Design Now' exhibit plan and sketch, Beijing section. Work by Yung Ho Chang, head of MIT's architecture department, is featured in the exhibit currently at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('chang-8-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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MIT's Chang has three-part role in major show on China

Architecture department head's work currently on display in London

August 18, 2008

Two children in their best clothes climb between the cars in a gridlocked parking lot. In the Bamako market cars are often parked three or four deep, and leaving means waiting for the owners of the cars in front of you to finish shopping. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('rotch-1-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Photo exhibit provides glimpse of Malian capital

August 12, 2008

A team from the International Development Design Summit at MIT created a cable-car-like ropeway to transport goods uphill.

Improving people's lives, one device at a time

International workshop looks for simple solutions to big problems

August 8, 2008

Winners of the 2008 Biocant Ventures Prize from the MIT Portugal Program's Bio-Teams, from left: researcher John Jones and students David Malta, Mariana Fernandes and Tatiana Aguiar.

MIT Portugal students win entrepreneurship competition

Invention could help diagnose muscle wasting

July 23, 2008

MIT graduate student Tijs Van Maasakkers, right, examines one of the water lines near Durban, South Africa.

MIT students help cities plan for changing climate

South Africa trip prompts work on online tool with global application

July 22, 2008

MIT Global Startup Workshop's 12th annual conference to be held in Africa

July 15, 2008

MIT-led conference looks to Sichuan's future after quake

July 14, 2008

Royce Chew from Singapore works on a low-cost water testing device at last year's International Development Design Summit at MIT.

A hands-on approach to Third World aid

Month-long IDDS workshop targets development through design

July 10, 2008

A livestock shelter in Kashmir. The community had used straw (a locally sourced material) as an infill between two corrugated galvanised iron sheets to make the shelter more comfortable for the livestock. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('itw-insul-1-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')"><span onmouseover="this.className='cursorChange';"><strong>Open image gallery</strong></span></a><no...

Simple insulation could combat heat, cold and noise

Work could impact millions around world

July 1, 2008

On 4 April 2007 a welder begins works on the interconnections of magnets in the last sector of the LHC.

A front-row seat at this summer's physics extravaganza

MIT team taking part in quest to find elusive Higgs boson

July 1, 2008

Ex-CENTCOM commander joins MIT Center for International Studies

June 19, 2008

The MIT-designed Digital Water Pavilion, featuring water walls that can be programmed to display patterns and images, was unveiled June 12 at the opening of the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('zaragoza-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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MIT Digital Water Pavilion makes a splash in Spain

Programmable water walls can 'open like the Red Sea for Moses'

June 11, 2008

Center for International Studies awards

June 4, 2008

Tao Laoban works at cleaning one of the concrete solar cookers used in Tibet. A team of students, including some from MIT, has developed a more portable solar cooker.

Harnessing the Tibetan sun

Student project aims to reduce deforestation and lung disease