Research

Antonio Torralba, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science.

Putting the ‘art’ in artificial intelligence

CSAIL associate professor develops AI systems that can interpret images.

December 12, 2011

Four from MIT named AAAS fellows

December 9, 2011

Researchers link patterns seen in spider silk, melodies

Analogy could help engineers develop materials that make use of repeating patterns.

December 8, 2011

Washing hands thoroughly with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer for 20 to 30 seconds can help prevent transmission of viruses, like the flu.

How to stop the flu

Engineering-systems researchers identify proven strategies to prevent influenza from spreading through a household.

December 7, 2011

Satellite view of the United States and Mexico at night

With changes, the grid can take it

MIT report shows that with new policies, U.S. electric grid could handle expected influx of electric cars and wind and solar generation.

December 5, 2011

State and local officials joined representatives from MIT and Pfizer during the groundbreaking for 610 Main Street on Monday.

Digging for answers

MIT, Pfizer hold groundbreaking for new biomedical research facility in Kendall Square.

November 22, 2011

Inside an innovation ecosystem

History, proximity and serendipity make Kendall Square fertile ground for the next big idea.

November 22, 2011

$At top, a fractal globule model of chromosome organization, with an example of a potentially deleted loop in red. Just below is a map of chromosomal contacts on chromosome 17 – the darker squares show that there are more contacts between locations that are closer to one another. At bottom is map of somatic copy number alterations on chromosome 17 (deletions in red, amplifications in blue) across...$

Seeing cancer in three dimensions

Scientists find that the 3-D structure of a cancer cell’s chromosomes plays a big role in which genes get deleted or copied.

November 21, 2011

<i>Engineering Systems: Meeting Human Needs in a Complex Technological World,</i> one of the books in the new MIT Press Engineering Systems Book Series.

Engineering Systems Division and MIT Press launch book series

November 16, 2011

MIT researchers have found hundreds of tiny fossils of the first known ciliates. The ciliates, named tintinnids, resided in hard, flask-shaped shells with bubbled exteriors that likely help them float.

The first hairy microbes

New fossils reveal oldest known ciliates.

November 16, 2011

From left to right (background): Charles Hsu, Semon Rezchikov, Grant Robinton, Jenny Cheng, Clara Park, Jonathan Chien, Divya Arcot; presenting, Kenneth Hu.

MIT team wins iGEM competition track

Group earns top spot in health and medicine; advances to grand finals for first time.

November 15, 2011

CSAIL robots take center stage

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Principal Investigator Daniela Rus collaborated with modern dance company Pilobolus this past year to bring flying robots to the stage.

November 14, 2011

William Broadhead, an associate professor of history at MIT

Rethinking the fall of Rome’s republic

Historian’s innovative hypothesis paints new picture of ancient Italy and aims to explain how the Roman Republic fell.

November 9, 2011

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island (right), accompanied (right to left) by MIT alumnus Reinier Beeuwkes and PSFC Associate Director Martin Greenwald, listens to Alcator C-Mod Project Head Earl Marmar discuss the importance of fusion research at MIT.

Sen. Whitehouse visits Alcator C-Mod Tokamak

November 8, 2011

Aude Oliva, a principal investigator in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and an associate professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)

Oliva explores new ground in computational perception at CSAIL

Neuroscientist looks forward to collaborative studies of visual perception in the brain and its computational applications.