How crispy is your bonbon?
New theory, inspired by chocolate coatings, predicts thickness of thin shells.
A hands-on approach to art, math, and community
Senior YQ Lu finds new ways to combine math and paper art, shares his passion for both.
Four professors named 2016 MacVicar Faculty Fellows
Devadas, Grossman, Sipser, and Tang awarded MIT’s highest undergraduate teaching award.
The beginning of the end for encryption schemes?
New quantum computer, based on five atoms, factors numbers in a scalable way.
New theory of deep-ocean sound waves may aid tsunami detection
Surface waves can trigger powerful sound waves that race through the deep ocean, study suggests.
Through dance, program turns "I can't" into "I can"
Student-run program, SHINE for Girls, teaches middle schoolers mathematics through dance.
Department of Mathematics returns to Building 2
A major renovation project preserves a century of history, paves the way for the future of mathematics.
Eleven MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty from eight MIT science and engineering departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.
Philosopher Agustín Rayo named associate dean of MIT-SHASS
MIT's "mathy philosopher" makes mind-blowing ideas accessible.
Five with MIT ties tapped for Inventors Hall of Fame
MIT professor and four alumni honored for inventing electronic ink, the spanning tree protocol, and Sketchpad, a human-machine graphical communication system.
Georgia Perakis: On the road to better energy data
MIT professor uses operations research and optimization modeling to investigate topics from traffic flows to subsidies for green energy technologies.
Scientists tune polymer material’s transparency
Material may offer cheaper alternative to smart windows.
Engineering foe into friend
Bose Grant awardee Jacquin Niles aims to repurpose the malaria parasite for drug delivery.
Study reveals shared behavior of microbes and electrons
Bacteria streaming through a lattice behave like electrons in a magnetic material.