Mathematics

Math professor and crossword puzzle fiend Kiran Kedlaya works on Friday's New York Times puzzle. He will compete in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament on Feb. 29.

MIT's crossword king girds for annual battle of wits

February 22, 2008

American Mathematical Society honors Lusztig

January 16, 2008

Dan Gabriner, Weston High School math teacher, works with Maria Picardi Kuffner of MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Surveillance Systems group.

Schoolteachers get a 'lift' at MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Program spurs students to pursue scientific careers

January 4, 2008

Bazant among Popular Science's 'Brilliant Ten'

October 24, 2007

This illustration is a visual representation of data by MIT and Harvard scientists on how irregular verbs regularize over time. Verb size in the image corresponds to usage frequency. Large verbs tend to stay sequestered at the top, while smaller verbs tend to fall through to the bottom. The paper predicts that 'wed' is the next verb to regularize, so it teeters on the brink.

Predicting the future of the past tense

Mathematicians apply evolutionary models to language

October 15, 2007

Institute of Medicine elects Brown

October 13, 2007

Lakshminarayan Srinivasan (S.M., Ph.D. 2006) is part of a team that develops standardizing math equations to allow neural prostheses to work better. He is currently a medical student in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Nervous System Repair at Massachusetts General Hospital.

MIT research helps convert brain signals into action

October 2, 2007

Alex Nickerson is at bat as Jordan Smith pitches to him on Briggs Field at MIT. The two middle school students are participating in MIT's summer Science of Baseball program, which, each morning, teaches them things like how a curve ball works and how to calculate player statistics. In the afternoon, they put their new knowledge to work on the field.

MIT baseball program hits home run for learning

Schooling the boys of summer in math, science

July 26, 2007

MIT lecturers top the iTunes U top ten

July 25, 2007

MIT encryption pioneer Rivest wins Marconi Prize

July 17, 2007

Professors Roman Stocker, left, and John Bush display a mixture of oil, detergent and water. Their research explains what happens when an oil drop containing a water-insoluble surfactant is placed on a water surface.

Case closed: MIT gumshoes solve "throbbing" oil mystery

July 17, 2007

Mathematics awards

June 6, 2007

MLK professor teaches 'excitement' of solving math--and life--problems

May 2, 2007

Five from MIT are Guggenheim Fellows

April 11, 2007

Math of elections says voters win with 'winner take all'

April 10, 2007

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