A new molecular design approach
New programming tool could help engineers build biologically inspired materials.
Searching big data faster
Theoretical analysis could expand applications of accelerated searching in biology, other fields.
Timing devices
Anna Mikusheva refines the tools of time-series econometrics to develop better forecasting.
Hartley Rogers, Jr., professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 89
Mathematician’s 53-year career at MIT included service as associate provost from 1974 to 1980.
Louis Howard, professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 86
Influential mathematician and professor made fundamental contributions to subjects including hydrodynamic stability and geophysical flows.
High school students find their MathROOTS at MIT
Program aims to inspire female and underrepresented minority students to pursue STEM fields.
Modeling how thin films break up
Recent PhD recipient Rachel Zucker models phenomena collectively known as "dewetting" in microscale to nanoscale thin films.
School of Engineering awards for 2015
Awards were given to outstanding faculty, and graduate, and undergraduate students.
To handle big data, shrink it
Algorithm reduces size of data sets while preserving their mathematical properties.
Boiling down viscous flow
A new simplified model predicts patterns that form from honey-like fluids.
Eight faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Among 197 elected this year to the prestigious honorary society.