Building better trust between humans and machines
MIT-SUTD researchers are creating improved interfaces to help machines and humans work together to complete tasks.
Supercharging undergraduate research
Now open to the entire School of Engineering, SuperUROP is creating an interdisciplinary community of scholars.
Teaching machines to predict the future
Deep-learning vision system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab anticipates human interactions using videos of TV shows.
An economist delves into charter schools
PhD student Elizabeth Setren brings data to bear on questions about local education policy.
Analog computing returns
New analog compiler could help enable simulation of whole organs and even organisms.
Five governments selected for J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative
Selected state and local governments will receive support from J-PAL North America at MIT to improve the effectiveness of social programs.
Parallel programming made easy
New chip design makes parallel programs run many times faster and requires one-tenth the code.
Feng Zhang named 2016 Tang Prize laureate
Broad Institute/MIT scientist among three honored for CRISPR contributions.
Solving the mystery of the Antarctic’s missing heat
New research may explain why sea temperatures around Antarctica haven’t risen as much as surface temperatures around the globe.
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Need hair? Press “print”
With fur, brushes, and bristles, Media Lab’s technique opens new frontier in 3-D printing.
A smart water grid for the Indus Basin
Architect and MIT Professor James Wescoat promotes institutional capacity building to manage a critical resource.
Eye-tracking system uses ordinary cellphone camera
Crowd-sourced data yields system that determines where mobile-device users are looking.
Air quality sensors track pollution
Research from MIT's Tata Center for Technology and Design is helping to quantify emissions in the world’s most polluted cities.
For second time, LIGO detects gravitational waves
Signal was produced by two black holes colliding 1.4 billion light years away.
Why do women leave engineering?
Study: Group dynamics of teamwork and internships deter many women in the profession.