Incentives matter
Working with the Tata Center, two MIT economics students are testing projects to reduce industrial pollution in India.
Recognizing correct code
Automatic bug-repair system fixes 10 times as many errors as its predecessors.
How severe maternal inflammation can lead to autism-like behavior
Immune molecules in infected mothers tied to brain and behavior abnormalities in offspring.
A cleaner ballot box
In Brazil, auditing voter rolls has shrunk the electorate — to the dismay of incumbents.
Faster drug discovery?
Startup develops more cost-effective test for assessing how cells respond to chemicals.
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.
Mapping regulatory elements
Systematically searching DNA for regulatory elements indicates limits of previous thinking.
New chip fabrication approach
Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers.
Getting real — on Mars
Sydney Do, a PhD student in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is adding authenticity to a virtual Mars experience.
Reality check in the factory
MIT professor’s new book shows how labor laws actually get enforced, globally.
Acoustic tweezers manipulate cells with sound waves
Technique could enable 3-D printing of cellular structures for tissue engineering.
A new quantum approach to big data
System for handling massive digital datasets could make impossibly complex problems solvable.
Self-stacking nanogrids
Polymer nanowires that assemble in perpendicular layers could offer route to tinier chip components.