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.
Expecting the unexpected
In new book, MIT professor explains how companies can lessen the shocks of a volatile world.
To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars
For a piloted mission to Mars, fueling up on the moon could streamline cargo by 68 percent.
Fall 2015 IDSS Distinguished Seminar Series launches
Harvard University Professor Sendhil Mullainathan to present first talk of the semester on Sep. 15
Better estimates of worldwide mercury pollution
New findings show Asia produces twice as much mercury emissions as previously thought.
MIT awarded Dept. of Energy grant to create and deploy energy-saving travel information and incentives system
$4 million grant will determine whether travel choices can be influenced by data and rewards to save energy.
MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society launches
IDSS will address challenges and opportunities in complex systems.
Woman in technology
A high-school outreach program first brought Tamara Broderick to MIT in 2002. Now she's back, as an assistant professor in EECS.
Deans announce new Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
MIT-wide effort aims to bring the power of data to the people.
In The World: Helping Brazilians turn waste into products
International summit fosters ways of producing everything from food to flooring, using discarded materials.
In the World: A better way to beat around the bush
International teams in Ghana tackle local needs of village farmers for better methods and devices to harvest their crops