The elusive capacity of networks
Calculating the total capacity of a data network is a notoriously difficult problem, but information theorists are beginning to make some headway.
Andrea Campbell: Public opinion and policy viewed through an historical lens
Professor studies taxation, Social Security, health insurance and more.
Exploding the myths of manufacturing
MIT conference explores the complex state of an industry showing signs of revival.
Studying school quality, to fight inequality
New MIT center examines education and its lifelong effects.
Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cells
New method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.
Science Policy Initiative calls on Congress to support investments in R&D
Students traveled to Washington to urge continued funding.
McGovern Institute honors inventor of brain scan technology
David Cohen honored for his invention of magnetoencephalography.
Thwarting the cleverest attackers
Savvy hackers can steal a computer’s secrets by timing its data storage transactions or measuring its power use. New research shows how to stop them.
Institute faculty share prestigious neuroscience prize
Ed Boyden and Feng Zhang awarded the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize
Immune protection from an unexpected source
MIT biological engineers find that proteins in mucus help ward off viral infection.